title: [Primary low grade B-cell lymphoma MALT type of the duramater: case report].
abstract: We describe a rare case of nodular and low grade non-Hodgkin malignant lymphoma, MALT type, with morphological and immunohistochemical features of lymphoplasmocytic (REAL classification), of immunophenotype of B lymphocytes and detected monoclonal of immunoglobulin kappa light chains, with low proliferation grade (<10%). The tumor was primitive of the left parietal duramater in a 36 years old woman, who presented neurological clinical symptoms four months before the surgery. After surgery, she was submitted to chemotherapy and radiotherapy with good results.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. latafuri@terra.com.br
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Raso
authors.forename: Eduardo Rossi
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Monteiro
authors.forename: Alexandre
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tafuri
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004388:Dura Mater; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018442:Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome