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A 56-year-old woman began to experience vertigo, headaches, and frequent falls. A computed tomography (CT) scan of the brain revealed the presence of a 1.6 × 1.6 × 2.1 cm mass involving the fourth ventricle.
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Mei, M. (2017). Central nervous system lymphoma. In: Zain, J., Kwak, L. (eds) Management of Lymphomas: A Case-Based Approach. Adis, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26827-9_14
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