Inflammatory meningioma of the fourth ventricle. Case report.
A case of meningioma with inflammatory reaction within the fourth ventricle in a 37 year-old man is described. The differential diagnosis between inflammatory meningioma, plasma cell granuloma and a possible collision of a meningioma with a plasmacytoma is discussed. The immunohistochemical examination of plasma cell population is emphasized. This is the first case reported of inflammatory meningioma located in the fourth ventricle.
Department of Neurosurgery, Niguarda Ca' Granda Hospital, Milan, Italy.
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Ferrara
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Bizzozero
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D'Aliberti
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Fontana
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Branca
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Barberis
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Brusamolino
D000328:Adult; D002551:Cerebral Ventricle Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008579:Meningioma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*