[Clinical and neuroimage characteristics of primary central nervous system lymphoma].
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.
Ding
Xi-Ping
XP
Department of Neurosurgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China. dingxiping@hotmail.com
Wang
Jun-Yu
JY
Yuan
Xian-Rui
XR
Peng
Ze-Feng
ZF
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