Primary Dural Lymphoma: Clinical Cases and Literature Review

Primary Dural Lymphoma: Clinical Cases and Literature Review

Primary dural lymphoma (PDL) is an extranodal non-Hodgkin lymphoma that accounts for less than 1% of all central nervous system lymphomas. Primary dural lymphoma grows from the dura mater, and it is often diagnosed as meningioma or acute subdural hematoma due to its radiological characteristics. Sur...

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Veröffentlicht in:Case reports in medicine 2020, Vol.2020 (2020), p.1-5
Hauptverfasser: Nasi, Davide, Mancini, Fabrizio, Paracino, R., Dobran, Mauro
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Blood
Brain
Brain cancer
Case reports
Case Series
Central nervous system
Chemotherapy
Drug dosages
Dura mater
Edema
Hematoma
Immunology
Literature reviews
Lymphoma
Medical prognosis
Meninges
Meningioma
Metastasis
Mimicry
Nervous system
Neurosurgery
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
Non-Hodgkin's lymphomas
Patients
Radiation therapy
Surgery
Systemic diseases
Tumors
Vincristine
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Zusammenfassung:Primary dural lymphoma (PDL) is an extranodal non-Hodgkin lymphoma that accounts for less than 1% of all central nervous system lymphomas. Primary dural lymphoma grows from the dura mater, and it is often diagnosed as meningioma or acute subdural hematoma due to its radiological characteristics. Surgery is the gold standard of therapy; in many patients, PDL is relatively benign with good outcome. Authors report their experience in three patients affected by extranodal non-Hodgkin lymphoma (PDL) mimicking a meningioma.
ISSN:1687-9627
1687-9635
DOI:10.1155/2020/2812487