title: [Solitary intracranial plasmacytoma : report of a case and review of the literature (author's transl)].
abstract: The authors report the case of a 71 year old woman affected by a solitary intracranial plasmacytoma. Computed tomography statement and monoclonal gammapathy found in the serum and in the cerebrospinal fluid permitted the diagnosis. Brain tumor and gammapathy improved after radiotherapy. A review of the 17 cases reported in the available literature showed some characteristics of these tumors : epidemiology, localization, evolution.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006942:Hypergammaglobulinemia / Q000150:complications; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D010954:Plasmacytoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D007074:Immunoglobulin G
vernacular_title: Plasmocytome solitaire intracrânien. A propos d'une observation et revue de la littérature.