Reference | Age/sex | Symptoms at presentation | Duration of symptoms | site | Clinical diagnosis | Treatment | Follow-up | Diagnosis rendered |
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(1) Lehman et al. [1] | 63F | Focal sensory seizure- trigeminal neuralgia and mild right sided hearing loss | 3 years | Dural, frontal lobe | Meningioma | Surgical resection of the largest mass, radiation therapy | 8 months- alive with disease, imaging showed no change in the size of the amyloid mass | Primary CNS Marginal zone lymphoma |
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(2) Pace et al. [2] | 46F | Seizures | Acute onset | Left frontal lobe | Oligodendroglioma or metastasis | Surgical resection only | 24 months- no evidence of disease | Primary CNS lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma |
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(3) Tu et al. [3] | 49 M | Seizures | NR | Dural, left frontal | NR | Methotrexate, recurrence treated with fludarabine | 7.6 years- Recurrence at 4 months, No evidence of disease after treatment with fludarabine | Primary CNS Marginal zone lymphoma |
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(4) Tu et al. [3] | 62F | Ataxia | NR | Dural, left occipital | NR | Radiation | 25 months- No evidence of disease | Primary CNS Marginal zone lymphoma |
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(5) Our case | 87F | Left sided weakness | 6 months | Right frontal lobe | Lymphoma, vasculitis, or sarcoidosis | Rituximab, status post 1st cycle | 2 months- patient developed hemorrhagic stroke | Low grade B-cell lymphoma with plasmacytic differentiation |
NR: not reported; ND: not done.