Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma in an Immunocompetent Patient Presenting as Multiple Cerebellar Lesions: A Case Report and Review of Literature.
Gliceida Maria Galarza FortunaKathrin DvirChristopher Febres-AldanaMichael SchwartzAna Maria MedinaPublished in: Journal of investigative medicine high impact case reports (2020)
Primary central nervous system (CNS) lymphoma (PCNSL) is an uncommon extranodal non-Hodgkin lymphoma often presenting as a single brain lesion within the CNS. On histopathological evaluation of PCNSL a positive CD10, which is frequently observed in systemic diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, is present in approximately 10% of PCNSL. We describe a case of CD10-positive PCNSL presenting with multiple posterior fossa enhancing lesions in an immunocompetent older woman with a history of breast cancer successfully treated by the RTOG 0227 protocol consisting of pre-irradiation chemotherapy with high-dose methotrexate, rituximab, and temozolomide for 6 cycles, followed by low-dose whole-brain radiation and post-irradiation temozolomide.
Keyphrases
- diffuse large b cell lymphoma
- high dose
- low dose
- epstein barr virus
- case report
- resting state
- stem cell transplantation
- white matter
- blood brain barrier
- cerebrospinal fluid
- radiation induced
- functional connectivity
- newly diagnosed
- cerebral ischemia
- randomized controlled trial
- physical activity
- nk cells
- locally advanced
- squamous cell carcinoma
- multiple sclerosis
- brain injury
- rectal cancer