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| Year : 2020 | Volume
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| Issue : 4 | Page : 1003-1005 |
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High-grade diffuse large B-cell lymphoma of the dura with skull and scalp involvement with simultaneous sternum involvement
Sevilay Vural1, AK Hakan2
1 Department of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Yozgat Bozok University, Yozgat, Turkey
2 Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Yozgat Bozok University, Yozgat, Turkey
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Sevilay Vural
Department of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Yozgat Bozok University, Yozgat
Turkey
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DOI: 10.4103/ajns.AJNS_246_19
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Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DBCL) is the largest subgroup of non-Hodgkin's lymphomas. Primary dural lymphoma, primary skull vault lymphoma, and primary sternum lymphoma are the rare lymphomas. We present the case of a 69-year-old patient with scalp, skull, and dura involvement that accompanying sternum involvement. It should be kept in mind that in the differential diagnosis of high-grade diffuse large B-cell lymphoma in patients presenting with a mass in the skull or sternum. |
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