title: Diffusion-weighted MR imaging improves diagnosis of CNS lymphomas. A report of four cases with common and uncommon imaging features.
abstract: The frequency of CNS lymphomas is increasing in immunocompetent as well as in immunocompromised patients and its incidence accounts for approximately 1-2% of all primary cerebral neoplasms. It is a challenge to recognize CNS lymphomas by MR imaging as early as possible in order to dispose an optimal therapy. The aim of this report is to demonstrate, how diffusion-weighted MR imaging improves the accuracy of the differential diagnosis of CNS lymphomas.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Radiology, Lahr-Ettenheim Clinical Center, 77933 Lahr, Germany. reiche.w@t-online.de
authors.forename: Werner
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Reiche
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hagen
authors.forename: Volker
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Schuchardt
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Billmann
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D038524:Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D015203:Reproducibility of Results