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Mokhtari K;
Houillier C;
Hoang-Xuan K
Brain Biopsy in a Patient Suffering from Primary CNS Lymphoma Treated with Steroids
Brain biopsy
European Association of NeuroOncology Magazine 2012; 2 (2): 95-96
Brain biopsy.
(a) Large macrophages with
a perivascular tropism.
(b) High magnification:
prominent astrocytic and
microglial response without
atypical cells. (c) Expression
of CD68 by macrophagic cells.
(d) Accumulation of large
CD20-positive cells within
the perivascular space,
suggesting a primary, diffuse
large B-cell lymphoma with
post-corticosteroid macrophagic
detersion.
Keywords:
brain biopsy