Table I.
Summary of central nervous system lymphoma immunocompetent patients from the literature and the present study without pretreatment of steroids, chemotherapy or radiotherapy.
| Case no. | First author (year) | Age (years)/gender | Primary symptoms | Diagnostic modality | Primary site | Primary pathological diagnosis (method) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Takekawa H (2008) | 68/F | Hypertension | MRI | Bilateral occipital lobe | None (biopsy) |
| 2 | Suzuki M (2009) | 57/M | General seizure | MRI FDG-PET | Left frontal lobe | Ganglioglioma (biopsy) |
| 3 | Alderson L (1996) | 49/F | Ataxia, vertigo | CT, MRI | Pons extending to the fourth ventricle | Inflammation (biopsy) |
| 4 | Weingarten KL (1983) | 69/F | Gait disturbance strange behavior | CT | Bifrontal parasagittal cortical lesions | None |
| 5 | 69/F | Altered mental status | CT | Right cerebral peduncle extended to caudate nucleus | None | |
| 6 | 60/F | Confusion, obtundation seizure | CT | Left parietal parasagittal cortex | None | |
| 7 | Present case | 70/M | Strange behavior, dementia, right hemiparesis | CT, MRI | Multiple lesions predominantly in the left frontal lobe | Multiple sclerosis (biopsy) |
F, female; M, male; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; FDG-PET, 18F-fluoro-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography; CT, computed tomography; DLBCL, diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.