"Brain on fire": a new imaging sign

Prasanna Epaliyanage; Andrew King; Timothy Hampton; Richard Gullan; Keyoumars Ashkan

doi:10.1016/j.jocn.2014.04.013

"Brain on fire": a new imaging sign

J Clin Neurosci. 2014 Nov;21(11):2015-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2014.04.013. Epub 2014 Jul 17.

Authors

Prasanna Epaliyanage¹, Andrew King², Timothy Hampton³, Richard Gullan³, Keyoumars Ashkan³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, Hurstwood Park Neurological Centre, Lewes Road, Haywards Heath RH16 4EX, UK; Department of Neurosurgery, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK. Electronic address: prasanna.neurosurgery@gmail.com.
² Department of Neuropathology, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
³ Department of Neurosurgery, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.

PMID: 25043167
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2014.04.013

Abstract

Primary central nervous system (CNS) marginal zone B cell lymphoma is a rare condition. It has an indolent disease course and usually presents as a dural-based lesion. We present a patient with non-dural-based, primary CNS marginal zone B cell lymphoma with an unusual imaging appearance, not previously described to our knowledge.

Keywords: Central nervous system; Imaging appearance; Marginal zone B cell lymphoma; Primary.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Brain / pathology*
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Humans
Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone / diagnosis*
Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone / pathology
Magnetic Resonance Imaging* / methods
Middle Aged