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A Differential of Midline Crossing Lesions Pokharna et al. Neurosurg Cases Rev 2018, 1:001 Volume 1 | Issue 1 Open Access Neurosurgery - Cases and Reviews CASE REPOrt Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma: A Differential of Mid- line Crossing Lesions Renu Pokharna*, Miles W Reese, Souvik Sen and Tushar Trivedi Check for Department of Neurology, Palmetto Health, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, USA updates *Corresponding author: Renu Pokharna, Director of Neuroimmunology Program, Division of Multiple Sclerosis and Other Demyelinating Disorders, Department of Neurology, Palmetto Health, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, USA, E-mail: [email protected] Abstract Case Report Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma (PCNSL) is a We report a case of a 71-year-old Caucasian female rare non-Hodgkin type neoplasm, which crosses the mid- who presented with two to three weeks of horizontal line. We report an unusual case of a 71-year-old Caucasian diplopia and coordination difficulty in the right upper female who was shown to have PCNSL by a tissue biopsy after the brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) showed extremity. She also reported weight loss and a low Central Nervous System (CNS) lesions crossing the corpus grade fever. Patient had a medical history of hyperten- callosum. We propose that PCNSL should be considered in sion, hyperlipidemia, hypothyroidism, and anxiety and the differential diagnosis of midline crossing lesions. Aware- a family history of hypertension only. Patient reported ness of this is imperative for treatment decisions for such she was a former smoker of 4-5 cigarettes a day for 2-3 patients. years in her 20s, drinks alcohol socially, and has never Keywords participated in illicit drug use. Primary CNS Lymphoma (PCNSL), Midline crossing le- Her physical finding of note included right homony- sions, Corpus callosum mous upper quadrantanopia, binocular diplopia evident upon looking to the left, normal other cranial nerves, Introduction right upper extremity strength of graded 5/5- proximal- Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma (PCNSL) ly and 4+/5 distally, right upper extremity past pointing is a rare aggressive neoplasm found within the brain, and subtle ataxia on the right, including finger to nose commonly in the corpus callosum, deep gray matter and the heel to shin test, as well as gait ataxia. structures or the periventricular region [1]. PCNSL is a MRI of the brain was performed with and without non-Hodgkin type tumor predominantly composed of contrast and showed multiple hyper-intense lesions in- diffuse large B-cells and accounts for less than 2% of ma- lignant brain tumors [1,2]. According to WHO 2008 clas- volving the basal ganglion, thalamus, midbrain, pons, sification, PCNSL is considered a mature B-cell neoplasm temporal lobe, occipital lobe, and enhancing corpus cal- [3]. It occurs in 0.47 per 100,000 people/year [2]. We re- losal lesions. There was no evidence of edema, necro- port a 71-year-old Caucasian female who presents with sis, or ring enhancement, as shown in Figure 1. Lesions subtle neurological symptoms, who was found to have were found to cross the midline via the corpus callosum. extensive brain lesions on Magnetic Resonance Imaging The differential diagnosis included neoplasms, de- (MRI) that crossed the midline. Based on this report it myelinating disorders and autoimmune and inflamma- is imperative to consider a broad differential diagnosis tory conditions, infections, vascular causes, and trauma, and have the provisional diagnosis set before subjecting which are discussed below along with representative these patients to stereotactic neurosurgical biopsy. MRI images. Citation: Pokharna R, Reese MW, Sen S, Trivedi T (2018) Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma: A Differential of Midline Crossing Lesions. Neurosurg Cases Rev 1:001. Received: August 01, 2017: Accepted: Janaury 09, 2018; Published: Janaury 11, 2018 Copyright: © 2018 Pokharna R, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Pokharna et al. Neurosurg Cases Rev 2018, 1:001 • Page 1 of 7 • DOI: 10.23937/2378-3397/1410059 ISSN: 2378-3397 a b c d e f g Figure 1: MRI of the brain a) Axial FLAIR showing corpus callosal lesion; b) Axial DWI of corpus callosal lesion; c) Axial FLAIR showing midbrain and temporal lobe lesion; d) Axial DWI of midbrain and temporal lobe lesion; e) Axial FLAIR showing thal- amus and basal ganglion lesion; f) Axial T1 contrast showing enhancement of corpus callosal lesion; g) Coronal T1 contrast showing enhancement of corpus callosal lesion. a b Figure 2: GBM in the brain a) Axial T2 showing heterogonous necrotic mass with surrounding edema with mass effect; b) Axial T1 contrast showing heterogeneous and ring enhancement [4]. Differential 100,000 people/year [2]. Lymphomas can be multi-cen- tric; with less enhancement and edema compared to Neoplasm: Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM) com- GBM [1]. They also spread along white matter tracts and prises 25% of all primary Central Nervous System (CNS) can cross the midline via the corpus callosum. Lympho- tumors and is the most aggressive type of brain tumor. mas, as well as GBMs, can present as a “butterfly” mass, It is a heterogonous necrotic mass with surrounding as seen in Figure 3. edema and ring enhancement as seen in Figure 2. They typical extend along white matter tracts including the Gliomatosis Cerebri is a very slow growing, rare glial corpus callosum [1]. tumor, which affects the white matter and may progress to the other side of the brain through the corpus callo- Lymphomas comprise 2% of all primary CNS tumors sum. Gliomatosis Cerebri, as seen in Figure 4, does not and occur in immune competent as well as immune usually have edema, necrosis and rarely enhance with compromised host, such as HIV patients and patients on contrast [6]. immunosuppressant therapy. PCNSL occurs in 0.47 per Pokharna et al. Neurosurg Cases Rev 2018, 1:001 • Page 2 of 7 • DOI: 10.23937/2378-3397/1410059 ISSN: 2378-3397 Figure 3: Axial T2 Butterfly mass of lymphoma [1]. Figure 5: Axial T1 MRI with contrast showing heteroge- neous enhancement in a brain metastatic tumor in the cor- pus callosum from lung cancer [7]. Figure 4: Axial FLAIR MRI showing a slowly progressive Gliomatosis Cerebri in the corpus callosum [5]. Metastatic brain tumors can be found in the corpus callosum. Metastatic tumors can have single or multi- ple lesions with surrounding edema and heterogeneous ring enhancement, as seen in Figure 5. Meningioma is a common primary brain tumor, but rare in the corpus callosum. It can sometimes become malignant. Meningioma can be seen in Figure 6 to have Figure 6: Axial FLAIR MRI showing meningioma with butter- a dural tail, ring enhancement, and vasogenic edema ex- fly pattern of vasogenic edema [7]. tending into the parietal lobes creating a butterfly pattern. Demyelinating diseases: Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO) Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a white matter disease af- is a rare demyelinating disease that presents as optic neu- fecting the corpus callosum. Hyperintense lesions are ritis or longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis in which seen on Fluid-Attenuated Inversion Recovery (FLAIR) NMO-IgG is antibody positive. NMO also has brain lesions sequence of MRI in the periventricular, juxtacortical, along the lining of the ventricular wall and within the cor- corpus callosal, infratentorial regions. Some of these le- pus callosum, as seen in Figure 7. sions may enhance, indicative of active lesions. A FLAIR Pokharna et al. Neurosurg Cases Rev 2018, 1:001 • Page 3 of 7 • DOI: 10.23937/2378-3397/1410059 ISSN: 2378-3397 Figure 9: Axial FLAIR MRI showing lesions of metachromat- Figure 7: Axial FLAIR MRI showing corpus callosal NMO ic leukodystrophy in the splenium of the corpus callosum [7]. lesions [8]. Figure 10: Axial FLAIR MRI showing Adrenoleukodystrophy with lesions in splenium of corpus callosum, starting dorsally and progressing anteriorly [7]. Figure 8: Axial FLAIR MRI showing corpus callosal Multiple Sclerosis lesions [8]. koencephalopathy, which is X-linked. It is a disorder of peroxisomal fatty acid beta oxidation that results in the sequence of MRI image of Multiple Sclerosis is shown in accumulation of very long chain fatty acids in the body, Figure 8. affecting various tissues. In the CNS, it most severely af- Hereditary leukoencephalopathies are genetic, de- fects myelinated fibers. It starts dorsally in the brain and myelinating diseases, which progressively affect white progresses anteriorly. Lesions seen in corpus callosum matter. Metachromatic Leukodystrophy is a type of he- are as shown below in Figure 10. reditary leukoencephalopathy, causing dementia and Marchiafava-Bignami disease is a demyelinating dis- peripheral neuropathy. It is attributed to the deficiency order of the corpus callosum caused by vitamin B12 defi- of Aryl sulfatase A with lesions starting in the periven- ciency, that was thought originally to be due to drinking tricular region and spreading outwards. It can involve red wine [1,7]. The MRI of Marchiafava-Bignami disease the splenium of corpus callosum as it continues to prog- shows lesions with edema in the early phases, T2 FLAIR ress, as shown below in Figure 9. hyperintensity, and a variable contrast enhancement, Adrenoleukodystrophy is a type of hereditary leu- as seen in Figure 11, [7]. In chronic stages, the MRI will Pokharna et al. Neurosurg Cases Rev 2018, 1:001 • Page 4 of 7 • DOI: 10.23937/2378-3397/1410059 ISSN: 2378-3397 Figure 11: Axial FLAIR MRI showing demyelinating lesion in Figure 13: Axial Restricted diffusion confirmed on ADC MRI anterior and posterior corpus callosum [7]. showing stroke lesion in the posterior corpus callosum [10]. Figure 12: Axial FLAIR MRI showing an ADEM lesion in the Figure 14: Axial T2 MRI showing PRES lesion in posterior anterior and posterior corpus callosum [9].
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