| I | Primary form |
| II | Secondary/multicentric form |
| C | Cervical spinal cord |
| cn | Canine |
| CNS | Central nervous system |
| CNSL | Central nervous system lymphoma |
| CP | Choroid plexus |
| CT | Cervicothoracic spinal cord |
| EAL | Extra-axial lymphoma |
| ED | Extradural |
| ELH | European Longhair cat |
| ESH | European Shorthair cat |
| F | Female |
| FL | Forelimbs |
| fn | Feline |
| HL | Hindlimbs |
| IC | Intracranial |
| ID-EM | Intradural-extramedullary |
| IM | Intramedullary |
| IP | Intraparenchymal mass |
| IPL | Intraparenchymal lymphoma |
| IVL | Intravascular lymphoma |
| L | Lumbar spinal cord |
| LC | Lymphomatosis cerebri |
| LL | Leptomeningeal lymphomatosis |
| M | Male |
| MM | Meningeal mass |
| NL | Neurolymphomatosis |
| NM | Neutered male |
| NSL | Nervous system lymphoma |
| PG | Pituitary gland |
| PNS | Peripheral nervous system |
| PNSL | Peripheral nervous system lymphoma |
| S | Sacral spinal cord |
| SC | Intraspinal |
| SCL | Intraspinal lymphoma |
| SF | Spayed female |
| T | Thoracic spinal cord |
| TL | Thoracolumbar spinal cord |