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0030069 Primary central nervous system lymphoma

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Primary CNS lymphoma

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Primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL) is defined as the involvement of brain, leptomeninges, cerebrospinal fluid, eyes or spinal cord by an extranodal non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) without evidence of a systemic lymphoma at the time of diagnosis. It represents 0.8 to 6.6% of all primary CNS tumors