title: [Stroke-like presentation of cerebral lymphoma].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The clinical presentation of primary cerebral lymphoma can take on many forms.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report the case of a patient who experienced recurrent neurological events mimicking stroke with normal brain MRI. A late performed MRI showed a mesencephalic lesion. A biopsy was obtained and led to the diagnosis of primary B cell lymphoma.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This observation illustrates the diagnostic challenge of this rare disorder with a poor prognosis.
authors.affiliation: Fédération des Neurosciences Cliniques. igor.sibon@chu-bordeaux.fr
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sibon
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Yekhlef
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vital
authors.forename: J-M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Orgogozo
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016393:Lymphoma, B-Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008636:Mesencephalon / Q000473:pathology; D010291:Paresis / Q000209:etiology; D020521:Stroke / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology