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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
'''Primary CNS lymphoma''' is a [[brain tumor|primary intracranial tumor]] usually present in those with severe immunosuppression --- commonly in those with [[AIDS]] --- and represents around 20% of all cases of lymphomas in HIV infection (other types being [[Burkitt's lymphoma]] and immunoblastic lymphoma). | '''Primary CNS lymphoma''' is a [[brain tumor|primary intracranial tumor]] usually present in those with severe immunosuppression --- commonly in those with [[AIDS]] --- and represents around 20% of all cases of lymphomas in HIV infection (other types being [[Burkitt's lymphoma]] and immunoblastic lymphoma). | ||
==Classification== | |||
Most PCNSLs are diffuse large B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma<ref>Lukes RJ, Collins RD. Immunologic characterization of human malignant lymphomas. ''Cancer'' 1974;34:1488-1503</ref><ref>Jellinger K, Radaskiewictz T, Slowik F. Primary malignant lymphomas of the central nervous system in man. ''Acta Neuropathol'' 1975;95-102 (suppl 6)</ref>. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 18:46, 21 January 2012
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
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Overview
Primary CNS lymphoma is a primary intracranial tumor usually present in those with severe immunosuppression --- commonly in those with AIDS --- and represents around 20% of all cases of lymphomas in HIV infection (other types being Burkitt's lymphoma and immunoblastic lymphoma).
Classification
Most PCNSLs are diffuse large B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma[1][2].