A huge intracranial xanthogranuloma in the middle cranial fossa: case report.
Xanthogranulomas of the dura presenting with clinical symptoms are rare. We report here a case of a huge dural xanthogranuloma in the middle cranial fossa, which caused hemiparesis through marked displacement and stenosis of the middle cerebral artery. Although such tumors usually arise in association with histiocytosis X or familial hyperlipoproteinemia, the present case was not associated with these diseases.
Koyama
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Department of Neurological Surgery, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Tsubokawa
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Katayama
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Hirota
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D000368:Aged; D002539:Cerebral Arterial Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000209:etiology; D004388:Dura Mater / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006099:Granuloma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012886:Skull / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014973:Xanthomatosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology