Table 2.

Features of Patients With CNS Recurrence

Neurologic symptoms at recurrence  
 Coma  
 Seizures  1  
 Mental status changes, lethargy, confusion 10  
 Headache  7  
 Cranial nerve palsy  
 Peripheral sensory or motor symptoms  5  
 Gait and balance 2  
Lumbar puncture  
 Not done  2  
 Negative 1  
 Lymphoma cells  19  
 Other abnormalities/no lymphoma cells  2  
Radiologic findings  
 Leptomeningeal involvement  7  
 Brain parenchymal involvement  
 Negative radiologic studies  7  
 No radiologic studies 3  
Status of systemic disease  
 Simultaneous CNS and systemic relapse  5  
 Systemic relapse with 40-180 days after CNS relapse  7  
 Death within 40 days after CNS recurrence without systemic restaging  
 Survival beyond 40 days after CNS recurrence, no systemic recurrence  
Neurologic symptoms at recurrence  
 Coma  
 Seizures  1  
 Mental status changes, lethargy, confusion 10  
 Headache  7  
 Cranial nerve palsy  
 Peripheral sensory or motor symptoms  5  
 Gait and balance 2  
Lumbar puncture  
 Not done  2  
 Negative 1  
 Lymphoma cells  19  
 Other abnormalities/no lymphoma cells  2  
Radiologic findings  
 Leptomeningeal involvement  7  
 Brain parenchymal involvement  
 Negative radiologic studies  7  
 No radiologic studies 3  
Status of systemic disease  
 Simultaneous CNS and systemic relapse  5  
 Systemic relapse with 40-180 days after CNS relapse  7  
 Death within 40 days after CNS recurrence without systemic restaging  
 Survival beyond 40 days after CNS recurrence, no systemic recurrence  
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