The Imaging and Clinical Diagnosis of Intracranial Primary Malignant Lymphoma(A Report of 27 Cases) / 实用放射学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To study the clinical law and imaging characteristics of intracranial primary malignant lymphoma.Methods The clinical law and imaging finding in 27 cases of intracranial primary malignant lymphoma confirmed by pathology were analysed CT scan was performed in all cases.MRI examination were carried out in 20 cases simultaneously.Results The first symptom in most cases was headache,and other symptoms were epileopsy,dizziness,hemiplegia,etc.This lesion was mostly seen in male around 40 years old.The lesions were mostly equal or high density on CT,equal or low signal intensity on T 1WI and closed to grey matter signal intensity on T 2WI.Tumors were enhanced obviously on contrast-enhanced scans,necrosis of center of focus was seen in 1/3 cases.The lesions were single or multiple.Conclusion The accuray diagnosis of intracranial primary malignant lymphoma can be done by combined clinical data with imaging features.