The diagnostic value of MRI in primary brain lymphoma
HAN Jin-hua
YUAN Fen
WANG Qi
WANG Hai-yan
Abstract：Objective To discuss MRI signs of primary brain lymphoma .Methods 16 cases of primary brain primary lymphoma proved by operation and pathology were examined by MRI .The MRI signs were analyzed retrospectively .Re-sults There were 34 lesions in 16 patients (single in 5 cases and multiple in 11 cases) .73 .5% lesions were located at deep cerebralparenchyma beside the midline .34 lesions were all obvious soft tissue masses ,24 lesions were irregular in shape , 12 lesions were round or round-like mass .16 lesions had surrounding edema .On T1 WI images ,26 lesions were iso-inten-sity and 5 lesions were hypointensity ;on T2 WI images ,12 lesions were iso-intentsity and 21 lesions were hyperintensity . Most of tumors were highly enhanced after contrast media injection ,only a few cystic lesions were shown unhomogenous enhancement .Conclusion Primary brain lymphoma has some MRI features ,which is useful in diagnosis of primary brain lymphoma .
Keywords：Magnetic resonance imagingBrainLymphoma
Publication Date：2014-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 1696-1699 )