Case report. Primary hypothalamic third ventriclular Burkitt's lymphoma: a case report with emphasis on differential diagnosis.
A patient with primary Burkitt-type lymphoma of the central nervous system is presented. A hypothalamic-third ventricular tumour in a man 71 years of age was diagnosed histologically as Burkitt's lymphoma. Primary Burkitt's lymphoma of the hypothalamic region is extremely rare and has not been previously reported in adults.
Takasu
M
M
Department of Radiology, Hiroshima Redcross Hospital, 1-9-6 Sendamachi, Nakaku, Hiroshimashi 730-8619, Japan. my-takasu@syd.odn.ne.jp
Takeshita
S
S
Tanitame
N
N
Tamura
A
A
Mori
M
M
Fujihara
M
M
Ito
K
K
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002051:Burkitt Lymphoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003919:Diabetes Insipidus / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005910:Glioma / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007029:Hypothalamic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D020542:Third Ventricle; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed