Abstract:Primary central nervous system lymphomas (PCNSLs) are predominantly high-grade diffuse large B-cell lymphomas. Incidence has been rising in immunocompetent as well as in immunocompromised patients, but main characteristics like age of onset, sex distribution, CT/MRI appearance and localization, molecular biology and morphology are different in both groups. These characteristics explain only in part the poor prognosis of the latter group. In today’s neurosurgical practice PCNSL is regarded as a special entity a… Show more
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