We describe eight cases of primary cerebral lymphoma seen in Manitoba from 1980 to 1985. The clinical presentation is similar to other primary brain tumors. The diagnosis should be considered when single or multiple, often deep lesions, show dense enhancement on computerized tomographic (CT) scan, but are avascular at angiography. These tumors are histologically indistinguishable from non-Hodgk...

Midline destructive lesions of the face have multiple possible etiologies. The majority of these cases are found to be due to an extranodal lymphoma of natural killer/T-cell-type non-Hodgkins lymphoma (NKTL). Unfortunately, diagnosis is often delayed. With variable presenting complaints, including nonspecific issues like chronic rhinosinusitis or nasal congestion, initial treatments are aimed a...

Hypercalcemia of malignancy affects up to one in five cancer patients during the course of their disease. It is associated with both liquid malignancies, commonly multiple myeloma, leukemia, and non-Hodgkins lymphoma and solid cancers, particularly breast and renal carcinomas as well as squamous cell carcinomas of any organ. The clinical manifestations of hypercalcemia are generally constitutio...

AIM To report the clinical and histological features and outcome of primary and secondary malignant lymphomas of the urinary bladder. METHODS Eleven cases of malignant lymphoma of the urinary bladder were obtained from the registry of cases at St Bartholomews and the Royal London Hospitals. The lymphomas were classified on the basis of their morphology and immunophenotype, and the clinical re...

myeloid sarcoma (ms) is a tumor mass consisting of myeloblast with or without maturation occurring at an anatomical site other than the bone marrow. incidence of ms ranges from 1-9% and is most commonly misdiagnosed as non hodgkins lymphoma or poorly differentiated carcinoma. ms can occur in various sites but nasal cavity involvement is rare. here we report acaseof ms presenting as nasal polyp ...