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Medical records from a veterinary teaching hospital were reviewed (1993-2025). The inclusion criteria consisted of a definitive diagnosis of lymphoma of the nervous system. Data collected included signalment, neurologic findings, laboratory results, imaging, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis, immunophenotyping, and necropsy examination. Descriptive statistics were used.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Nervous system lymphoma, either primary or concurrent with multicentric lymphoma, accounted for 11.6% of lymphoma cases. Multifocal neurologic disease was the most common presentation. Common hematologic findings included leukocytosis with neutrophilia, normal plasma fibrinogen concentration, high neutrophil-to-lymphocyte and red cell distribution width-to-platelet ratios, and hypocalcemia. Cytology of the CSF provided a definitive diagnosis in 56% of sampled cases. Prognosis was poor with a median survival time of 4.5\u00a0days from diagnosis. All lymphomas were of B-cell origin, including diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, small lymphocytic lymphoma, and T-cell-rich large B-cell lymphoma.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions and clinical importance<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Nervous system lymphoma in equids might be more common than previously reported. Primary nervous system small lymphocytic B-cell lymphoma in a horse and multifocal nervous system lymphoma in a mule have not been reported previously. Analysis of CSF is useful in the antemortem diagnosis of central nervous system lymphoma. 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