Primary CNS lymphoma and secondary involvement of the central nervous system
β Scribed by Gerald Illerhaus
- Book ID
- 107636696
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 143 KB
- Volume
- 2
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1865-5041
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Primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL) is a rare neoplasm, but it is occurring with increased frequency even among apparently immunocompetent patients. Although secondary malignancies frequently involve the lymphoreticular system, PCNSL has been reported as a second neoplasm only once previ
The risk of secondary central nervous system (CNS) was estimated in 833 cases of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma diagnosed between January 1975 and December 1988. Fifty-one of them had CNS disease (51/833,6.1 per cent). No case of low grade lymphoma developed CNS disease. However, 6.5 per cent and 16.7 per c