J Korean Med Sci.  1991 Sep;6(3):255-259. 10.3346/jkms.1991.6.3.255.

Lymphomatoid granulomatosis with isolated involvement of the brain: case report

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  • 1Department of Radiology, Soonchunhyang University, Chonan Hospital, Korea.

Abstract

Lymphomatoid granulomatosis usually presents as a primary lung affliction with secondary metastatic spread to the central nervous system(CNS), and its initial manifestation purely as a CNS disease is rare. A 57-year-old man with histologically proven lymphomatoid granulomatosis of the brain as the sole manifestation of the disease is presented.

Keyword

Lymphomatoid granulomatosis; CNS; CT

MeSH Terms

Brain Neoplasms/*pathology
Frontal Lobe
Humans
Lymphomatoid Granulomatosis/*pathology
Male
Middle Aged

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