Clinical and imaging features of lymphomatosis cerebri: analysis of 8 cases and systematic review of the literature.

ABSTRACT: Lymphomatosis cerebri (LC) is a rare type of primary central nervous system lymphoma with diffuse, nonenhancing infiltrative lesions and is often misdiagnosed. Our study aimed to investigate the clinical characteristics and prognosis of LC through analyzing patients from the literature and our own center, so as to improve early diagnosis and treatment. PubMed, Web of Science and our hospital databases were reviewed, and information on demographic, clinical, pathological, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), neuroimaging and treatment options was extracted. Univariate survival analysis was conducted by generating survival curves and comparing them using the log-rank test. Multivariate analysis was performed using the Cox proportional hazards regression model to identify the prognostic predictors. A t

SUBMITTER: Fan M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10725345 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature