Ava Brozovich, Donald Ewing, Ethan Burns, Courtney Hatcher, Gonzalo Acosta, Usman Khan, Betty Chung, Leena Samuel, Jasleen Randhawa, Sai Ravi Pingali
A 65-year-old male with a history of ischemic strokes, seizures, and subarachnoid hemorrhage presented with a 4-week history of progressive diplopia, vertigo, nausea, and vomiting. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed a 2.5 × 1.8 × 1.7 cm posterior fossa mass arising from the roof of the 4th ventricle extending into the cerebellar vermis. Posterior fossa craniotomy with stereotactic biopsy confirmed a locally invasive diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). Primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL) arising from the 4th ventricle is a rare extranodal manifestation of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), with few cases documented in the literature...
2019: Case Reports in Oncological Medicine