title: [Clinical and neuroimage characteristics of primary central nervous system lymphoma].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze the clinical and neuroimage characteristics of primary central nervous system lymphoma and explore the methods of treatment.
  
  
  METHODS
  The clinical data of 28 cases of primary central nervous system lymphoma were analyzed retrospectively.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All the 28 patients with lyphoma were proved by craniotomy and pathologic study. The survival periods were 5 days to 40 months after the craniotomy. Eighteen patients received radiotherapy after the operation. Sixteen recurrent cases were proved by neuroimage and the minimum recurrent time was the 29th day after the operation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The duration of primary lymphoma in the central nervous system is short and the clinical symptom is serious. The neuroimage of primary lymphoma in the central nervous system has some characteristic changes. The recurrence may occur over a brief time after the operation even though the tumor has been totally removed under the microscope. The majority of lymphomas are sensitive to radiotherapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China. dingxiping@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Xi-Ping
authors.initials: XP
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.forename: Jun-Yu
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Xian-Rui
authors.initials: XR
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: Ze-Feng
authors.initials: ZF
authors.lastname: Peng
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000532:radiotherapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000532:radiotherapy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed