Primary lymphoma of bone: the use of MRI in pretreatment evaluation

: Primary lymphoma of bone (PLB) is an uncommon neoplasm representing only 5% of all extranodal non-Hodgkin's lymphomas. The precise role of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanning is unknown. A review of the literature and a recent case treated at the University of Alabama at Birmingham in which MRI unveiled other foci of disease undetected by routine staging studies is presented.