Primary T-cell lymphoma of the brainstem

M P McCue; A W Sandrock; J M Lee; N L Harris; E T Hedley-Whyte

doi:10.1212/wnl.43.2.377

Primary T-cell lymphoma of the brainstem

Neurology. 1993 Feb;43(2):377-81. doi: 10.1212/wnl.43.2.377.

Authors

M P McCue¹, A W Sandrock, J M Lee, N L Harris, E T Hedley-Whyte

Affiliation

¹ Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.

PMID: 8437706
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.43.2.377

Abstract

Most primary CNS lymphomas are non-Hodgkin's lymphomas of B-cell lineage. We report a case of a small lymphocytic-type T-cell lymphoma localized primarily to the brainstem and compare the characteristics of primary CNS T-cell lymphomas with those of primary CNS B-cell lymphomas.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Brain Neoplasms / chemistry
Brain Neoplasms / pathology*
Brain Stem / chemistry
Brain Stem / pathology*
Humans
Immunoenzyme Techniques
Lymphoma, T-Cell / chemistry
Lymphoma, T-Cell / pathology*
Male
Middle Aged