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Area of Science:

  • Neurology
  • Radiology
  • Oncology

Background:

  • Central nervous system lymphoma (CNSL) diagnosis relies on histopathology, but imaging plays a crucial role in initial detection and monitoring.
  • Understanding the spectrum of MRI findings is essential for timely diagnosis and management of CNSL.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To characterize initial morphological MRI findings in histologically confirmed CNSL.
  • To describe dynamic MRI changes in CNSL before definitive diagnosis.

Main Methods:

  • Retrospective analysis of MRI examinations in 74 patients with histologically proven CNSL.
  • Evaluation of lesion evolution on serial MRI scans in 43 patients prior to diagnosis.

Main Results:

  • Primary CNSL commonly presents as supratentorial, multiple, or infiltrative lesions with diffusion restriction, often involving the brain surface.
  • Meningeal, ependymal, or cranial nerve involvement occurred in about 50% of patients.
  • Enhancement patterns differed between immunocompromised and immunocompetent patients; regression observed in 52% post-corticosteroid treatment.

Conclusions:

  • CNSL typically appears as infiltrative or multiple enhancing lesions on MRI, frequently involving the brain surface, corpus callosum, cranial nerves, ependyma, or meninges.
  • While primary and secondary CNSL showed similar MRI appearances, enhancement patterns varied between immunocompromised and immunocompetent individuals.
  • MRI findings in CNSL are highly variable, both in presentation and response to corticosteroid therapy.