Solitary dural plasmacytoma.
Only four of the nine published cases of solitary, extraskeletal, intracranial plasmacytoma are considered authentic. In this report we describe an accidentally discovered dural plasmacytoma and draw the attention to this rare lesion which might have a different prognosis from the rather benign course of meningioma with which it is confused.
D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004388:Dura Mater / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010954:Plasmacytoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology