High-grade diffuse large B-cell lymphoma of the dura with skull and scalp involvement with simultaneous sternum involvement

Sevilay Vural; A Hakan

doi:10.4103/ajns.AJNS_246_19

Asian Journal of Neurosurgery, Table of Contents

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Asian J Neurosurg 2020; 15(04): 1003-1005
DOI: 10.4103/ajns.AJNS_246_19

Case Report

High-grade diffuse large B-cell lymphoma of the dura with skull and scalp involvement with simultaneous sternum involvement

Sevilay Vural

Department of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Yozgat Bozok University, Yozgat

,

A Hakan

¹Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Yozgat Bozok University, Yozgat

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Abstract

Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DBCL) is the largest subgroup of non-Hodgkin's lymphomas. Primary dural lymphoma, primary skull vault lymphoma, and primary sternum lymphoma are the rare lymphomas. We present the case of a 69-year-old patient with scalp, skull, and dura involvement that accompanying sternum involvement. It should be kept in mind that in the differential diagnosis of high-grade diffuse large B-cell lymphoma in patients presenting with a mass in the skull or sternum.

Key-words:

B-cell lymphoma - non-Hodgkin's lymphoma - skull - sternum

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