Three Cases of Lymphoma Mimicking Central Nervous System Demyelinating Disease

Park, Hyung Jun; Shin, Ha Young; Lee, Hyung Seok; Yoo, Han Soo; Kim, Seung Min

J Mult Scler > Volume 4(1); 2013 > Article

Case Report

Journal of Multiple Sclerosis 2013;4(1):19-23.
Published online March 1, 2013.

중추신경계 탈수초질환으로 오인된 림프종 3예

박형준, 신하영, 이형석, 유한수, 김승민

연세대학교 의과대학 신경과학교실

Three Cases of Lymphoma Mimicking Central Nervous System Demyelinating Disease

Hyung Jun Park, Ha Young Shin, Hyung Seok Lee, Han Soo Yoo, Seung Min Kim

Department of Neurology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Abstract

"Primary central nervous system (CNS) lymphoma is a rare and aggressive brain tumor with unsatisfactory outcome. However, early diagnosis and treatment can positively affect prognosis.Primary CNS lymphoma occasionally was indistinguishable from demyelinating diseases, such asacute disseminated encephalomyelitis or multiple sclerosis. We present three patients who weremisdiagnosed with CNS demyelinating diseases by neuroradiological and pathological studies. Journal of Multiple Sclerosis 4(1):19-23, 2013"

Key Words: Lymphoma, Multiple sclerosis, Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis