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Is a "Vanishing Tumor" Always a Lymphoma?
Neurol 59:762-764, Bromberg,J.E.C.,et al, 2002
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Article Abstract
The authors report clinical and radiologic characteristics and ultimate diagnosis in 12 patients with a regressing cerebral mass lesion. Primary CNS lymphoma (PCNL) was found in only half of the patients with such a lesion. In patients showin g a complete resolution of the enhancing lesion the probability of finding a PCNL is smaller and survival is longer.
 
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