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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Asian J Neurosurg 2018; 13(04): 1205-1208
DOI: 10.4103/ajns.AJNS_137_17
Case Report

Assessment of primary brain lymphoma using multimodal magnetic resonance imaging and proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy

Abdelkhalek Housni
1   Department of Biophysics, High Institute of Nursing Professions and Health Techniques of Fez
2   Department of Biophysics, Clinical Neuroscience Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Fez
3   Department of Radiology and Clinical Imaging, University Hospital of Fez, Fez
,
Saïd Boujraf
2   Department of Biophysics, Clinical Neuroscience Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Fez
4   Department of Biophysics and Clinical MRI Methods, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Fez, Fez
,
Badreddine Alami
2   Department of Biophysics, Clinical Neuroscience Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Fez
3   Department of Radiology and Clinical Imaging, University Hospital of Fez, Fez
4   Department of Biophysics and Clinical MRI Methods, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Fez, Fez
,
Mohammed Benzagmout
2   Department of Biophysics, Clinical Neuroscience Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Fez
,
Mustapha Maaroufi
2   Department of Biophysics, Clinical Neuroscience Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Fez
3   Department of Radiology and Clinical Imaging, University Hospital of Fez, Fez
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Objectives: The primary lymphoma of the central nervous system is a cancer rare. The diagnosis of this tumoral entity must be considered as an emergency considering the therapeutical involved. Therefore, we report this entity while reporting diagnostic challenges. Patients and Methods: Unfortunately, the conventional clinical and imaging signs can be confusing and might contribute to delay the diagnosis process of potentially curable pathological entity. The diagnosis confirmation in immunocompetent patients is based on a stereotaxic biopsy. Results and Conclusion: In this paper, we report a case illustrating the contribution of multimodal imaging including diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), diffusion tensor MRI, perfusion MRI, and proton MR spectroscopy to the diagnostic approach of the atypical primary lymphoma of the central nervous system.

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Intraparenchymal tumor - multimodal imaging - primary brain lymphoma


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Article published online:
14 September 2022

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