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Primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL) is rare, although its frequency has increased in recent years. Radiographically, almost all PCNSL enhance on CT and/or MRI, and nonenhancing PCNSL has been thought to be extremely rare. We present PCNSL showing multiple nonenhancing lesions on MRI in an immunocompetent patient.
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Terae, S., Ogata, A. Nonenhancing primary central nervous system lymphoma. Neuroradiology 38, 34–37 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00593213
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