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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Symptoms of primary central nervous system lymphoma are identical to the other types of brain tumors and depend on the area of the brain that is affected.[1] Primary central nervous system lymphoma is multifocal. Symptoms of primary nervous system lymphoma include headache, nausea, vomiting, difficulty swallowing, monocular vision loss, Muscle weakness or paralysis, memory loss, facial hypoesthesia, seizures, fever, night sweats, and weight loss.
Symptoms
- Symptoms of primary central nervous system lymphoma are identical to the other types of brain tumors and depend on the area of the brain that is affected.[1]
- Primary central nervous system lymphoma is multifocal (tumors in different parts of the brain).
- Symptoms of primary nervous system lymphoma include:[1][2][3]
- Headache
- Nausea
- Vomiting
- Difficulty swallowing
- Double vision
- Monocular vision loss
- Vertigo
- Muscle weakness or paralysis
- Trouble speaking
- Memory loss
- Confusion
- Lethargy
- Progressive dementia or stupor in patients with a nonfocal neurologic exam and minimal abnormalities on MRI (more common in AIDS patients)
- Facial hypoesthesia
- Seizures (uncommon)
- Fever
- Night sweats
- Weight loss
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Signs and symptoms of primary central nervous system lymphoma. Canadian cancer society 2016. http://www.cancer.ca/en/cancer-information/cancer-type/non-hodgkin-lymphoma/non-hodgkin-lymphoma/types-of-nhl/primary-cns-lymphoma/?region=on. Accessed on February 17, 2016
- ↑ Signs and symptoms of primary central nervous system lymphoma. Wikipedia 2016. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_central_nervous_system_lymphoma. Accessed on February 18, 2016
- ↑ Ferreri, A. J. M. (2011). "How I treat primary CNS lymphoma". Blood. 118 (3): 510–522. doi:10.1182/blood-2011-03-321349. ISSN 0006-4971.