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British Journal of Radiology (2010) 83, e43-e47
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doi: 10.1259/bjr/84426981
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Primary hypothalamic third ventriclular Burkitt's lymphoma: a case report with emphasis on differential diagnosis

M Takasu, MD 1 S Takeshita, MD 2 N Tanitame, MD 1 A Tamura, MD 1 M Mori, MD 1 M Fujihara, MD 3 and K Ito, MD, PhD 4

1 Departments of Radiology 2 Neurosurgery and 3 Pathology, Hiroshima Redcross Hospital, Japan 4 Department of Radiology, Division of Medical Intelligence and Informatics, Programs for Applied Biomedicine, Graduate School of Biomedical Science, Hiroshima University, Japan

Correspondence: Miyuki Takasu, MD, Department of Radiology, Hiroshima Redcross Hospital, 1-9-6, Sendamachi, Nakaku, Hiroshimashi 730-8619, Japan. E-mail: my-takasu{at}syd.odn.ne.jp

A patient with primary Burkitt-type lymphoma of the central nervous system is presented. A hypothalamic–third ventricular tumour in a man 71 years of age was diagnosed histologically as Burkitt's lymphoma. Primary Burkitt's lymphoma of the hypothalamic region is extremely rare and has not been previously reported in adults.






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