title: Is a "vanishing tumor" always a lymphoma?
abstract: The authors report clinical and radiologic characteristics and ultimate diagnosis in 12 patients with a regressing cerebral mass lesion. Primary CNS lymphoma (PCNL) was found in only half of the patients with such a lesion. In patients showing a complete resolution of the enhancing lesion the probability of finding a PCNL is smaller and survival is longer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University Medical Centre, Utrecht, the Netherlands. J.E.C.Bromberg@neuro.azu.nl
authors.forename: J E C
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Bromberg
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Siemers
authors.forename: M J B
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Taphoorn
mesh_terms: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009365:Neoplasm Regression, Spontaneous; D012074:Remission Induction; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones