Management of primary central nervous system lymphoma in children

Hematology Am Soc Hematol Educ Program. 2016 Dec 2;2016(1):386-389. doi: 10.1182/asheducation-2016.1.386.

Abstract

A 14-year-old boy with no significant past medical history presents with headaches and vomiting and is found to have a 2 × 3-cm left parietal lobe mass. A stereotactic biopsy reveals diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). Cerebrospinal fluid cytology, as well as bone marrow biopsies are negative, and a whole-body positron emission tomography/computed tomography scan does not demonstrate other areas of disease. The primary medical team asks how you would treat this patient.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Brain Neoplasms* / diagnostic imaging
  • Brain Neoplasms* / therapy
  • Humans
  • Lymphoma* / diagnostic imaging
  • Lymphoma* / therapy
  • Male
  • Parietal Lobe / diagnostic imaging*
  • Positron-Emission Tomography*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*