Insufficiency of Positron Emission Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy in the Diagnosis of Intravascular Lymphoma of the Central Nervous System

Intravascular large B-cell lymphoma (IVL) is a rare type of extranodal lymphoma with an aggressive clinical course characterized by the proliferation of lymphoma cells within the lumen of small vessels. Diagnosis is often difficult because of marked variability in clinical presentation and nonspecif...

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Published in:	Case Reports in Oncology
Main Authors:	Nobuyuki Kawai, Masaki Okada, Reiji Haba, Yuka Yamamoto, Takashi Tamiya
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Karger Publishers 2012-07-01
Subjects:	Intravascular lymphoma Fluorodeoxyglucose Methionine Positron emission tomography Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy
Online Access:	http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/339963