title: Intracranial plasma cell granuloma.
abstract: An exceptional case of intracranial plasma cell granuloma, located in the right frontoparietal convexity in a 16-year-old boy is reported. Reports of these rare inflammatory lesions locate them primarily in the lungs and in other regions of the body, and only exceptionally in the nervous system; indeed, only three intracranial cases and one other arising from the spinal meninges have been reported. The computed tomographic and surgical aspects suggested a falx meningioma in our case. The pathological diagnosis differentiating these from other intracranial lesions with a plasma cell component, including meningioma with plasma cell infiltration and plasmacytoma, is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Second School of Medicine, University of Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gangemi
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Maiuri
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Giamundo
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Donati
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: De Chiara
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006099:Granuloma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male