title: Solitary intracranial plasmacytoma of the skull base.
abstract: Two cases of extradural solitary plasmacytoma (SIP) with infiltration of the dura, destruction of the skull base, multiple cranial nerve palsies and proptosis are presented. The cases were treated aggressively with surgery and radiotherapy and showed no signs of progressing to multiple myeloma after 15 months and four and a half years respectively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Neurosurgery, Medical Oncology, Neuroradiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Prasad
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Mahapatra
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Khosla
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sarkar
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Prasad
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Roy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004388:Dura Mater / Q000473:pathology; D005094:Exophthalmos / Q000473:pathology; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009886:Ophthalmoplegia / Q000473:pathology; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D010954:Plasmacytoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013100:Sphenoid Bone / Q000473:pathology; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000473:pathology