Primary B-cell lymphoma of the CNS in an infant
Autor: | J. C. Egelhoff, E. C. Beatty |
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Rok vydání: | 1989 |
Předmět: |
Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty B-Lymphocytes Lymphoma business.industry Brain Neoplasms Central nervous system Brain medicine.disease Rare tumor medicine.anatomical_structure El Niño Child Preschool Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Primary lymphoma medicine Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Female B-cell lymphoma business Tomography X-Ray Computed Neuroradiology Pediatric population |
Zdroj: | Pediatric radiology. 19(3) |
ISSN: | 0301-0449 |
Popis: | Primary B-cell lymphoma of the CNS is a rare tumor representing 0.2 to 2% of all primary CNS malignancies [1, 2]. The usual age of presentation is in the 4th to 6th decades. Sporadic cases have been reported in the pediatric population. However, even in this age group the tumor is extremely rare under the age of 5 [3, 4]. This is a report of a 3-year-old child with primary lymphoma of the CNS. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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