title: Primary lymphoma of the trigeminal nerve.
abstract: Although malignant lymphoma of the central nervous system (CNS) is rarely seen, its frequency is increasing as a result of more common observation of immunocompromised patients. Primary CNS lymphoma arise usually in the white matter of brain and account for only 0.5-1.5% of all primary brain tumours. However, skull base and cranial nerve lymphomas are extremely rare. We present here the third primary lymphoma of the trigeminal nerve in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Ministry of Health Okmeydani Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: A Celal
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Iplikcioglu
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dinc
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bikmaz
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ozcan
mesh_terms: D003390:Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D016393:Lymphoma, B-Cell / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D020433:Trigeminal Nerve Diseases / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery