Imaging of Lymphomas Involving the CNS: An Update-Review of the Full Spectrum of Disease with an Emphasis on the World Health Organization Classifications of CNS Tumors 2021 and Hematolymphoid Tumors 2022

A. Pons-Escoda; P. Naval-Baudin; R. Velasco; N. Vidal; C. Majós

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Imaging of Lymphomas Involving the CNS: An Update-Review of the Full Spectrum of Disease with an Emphasis on the World Health Organization Classifications of CNS Tumors 2021 and Hematolymphoid Tumors 2022

A. Pons-Escoda, P. Naval-Baudin, R. Velasco, N. Vidal and C. Majós

American Journal of Neuroradiology April 2023, 44 (4) 358-366; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A7795

A. Pons-Escoda

aFrom the Radiology (A.P.-E., P.N.-B., C.M.)

cNeurooncology Unit (A.P.-E., R.V., N.V., C.M.), Institut d’Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain

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R. Velasco

cNeurooncology Unit (A.P.-E., R.V., N.V., C.M.), Institut d’Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain

dInstitute of Neurosciences and Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology (R.V.), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

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N. Vidal

bPathology Departments (N.V.), Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain

cNeurooncology Unit (A.P.-E., R.V., N.V., C.M.), Institut d’Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain

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C. Majós

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cNeurooncology Unit (A.P.-E., R.V., N.V., C.M.), Institut d’Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain

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vol. 44 no. 4 358-366

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https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A7795

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Received December 6, 2022
Accepted after revision January 19, 2023
Published online April 10, 2023.

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A. Pons-Escodaa,c,
P. Naval-Baudina,
R. Velascoc,d,
N. Vidalb,c and
C. Majósa,c

^aFrom the Radiology (A.P.-E., P.N.-B., C.M.)
^bPathology Departments (N.V.), Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain
^cNeurooncology Unit (A.P.-E., R.V., N.V., C.M.), Institut d’Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain
^dInstitute of Neurosciences and Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology (R.V.), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Please address correspondence to Albert Pons-Escoda, MD, Radiology Department, Institut de Diagnòstic per la Imatge, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, C/Feixa Llarga SN, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, 08907, Barcelona, Spain; e-mail: albert.pons.idi{at}gencat.cat; @PonsEscoda

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