title: Meningeal sinus histiocytosis mimicking lymphoplasmacyte-rich meningioma. Case report.
abstract: Extranodal sinus histiocytosis with massive lymphadenopathy involving the meninges is a rare clinical entity. The authors describe the unusual case of an occipital meningeal lesion in a 25-year-old man in whom they found inflammation of the occipital lobe mimicking lymphoplasmacyte-rich meningioma. The clinical similarities and differences are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Fukui Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kitai
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kubota
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kabuto
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kawano
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsuji
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D015614:Histiocytosis / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D009778:Occipital Lobe / Q000473:pathology