Lymphomatoid granulomatosis with isolated involvement of the brain--case report

J Korean Med Sci. 1991 Sep;6(3):255-9. doi: 10.3346/jkms.1991.6.3.255.

Abstract

Lymphomatoid granulomatosis usually presents as a primary lung affliction with secondary metastatic spread to the central nervous system(CNS), and its initial manifestation purely as a CNS disease is rare. A 57-year-old man with histologically proven lymphomatoid granulomatosis of the brain as the sole manifestation of the disease is presented.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Brain Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Frontal Lobe
  • Humans
  • Lymphomatoid Granulomatosis / pathology*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged