PRIMARY MALIGNANT NON-HODGKINS-LYMPHOMA OF CRANIAL VAULT - A CASE-REPORT

The authors report an exceptional case of primary malignant non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of cranial vault, with intra(extra-dural)-extra-craial extension. The duration of symptomatology before surgery was six months. The main clinical and radiological particularities were : large soft-tissue mass (17x12 cm); extensive osteolytic lesions of the left frontal and parietal bones, with intratumoral calcifications; contribution of meningeal and scalp vessels. Surgery was performed to relieve progressive intracranial compression. According to the international working formulation, it was classified as an intermediary malignant tumor. Unfortunately, the patient died of a traffic accident, six weeks after his discharge.