ML-3 A Case of Primary Central Nervous System Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase Positive Anaplastic Large cell Lymphoma at Neurohypophysis and Pineal Gland

Abstract

The majority of primary central nerve system (CNS) lymphomas (PCNSL) are diffuse large B-cell lymphomas. Anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL) that is a type of T-cell tumor is very rare in the PCNSL. ALCLs are divided into two entities: anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)-positive and ALK-negative. We report a case of a 26-year-old woman who presented with a one month historyof headache and nausea. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain revealed pituitary and pineal gland mass diagnosed as ALK-positive ALCL by endoscopic brain biopsy. She underwent chemotherapy following methotrexate (MTX) and cyclophosphamide + doxorubicin + vincristine + prednisolone (CHOP). The follow-up contrast-enhanced brain MRI showed no recurrent lesion after chemotherapy. In previous reports, most of the lesions were in cerebral hemisphere, dura mater and spinal cord. Many of these patients were given primary diagnoses of meningitis. To our knowledge, there is no case report of initial diagnosis of germinoma due to lesions in Neurohypophysis and pineal gland as in this case.