title: Low-grade primary meningeal lymphoma: case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Primary meningeal lymphoma is a rare occurrence. We present a case of an immunocompetent patient operated on for a fronto-parietal lesion similar to a meningioma, which the histological examination diagnosed as a mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT)-type lymphoma. She received no further post-operative treatment and after 36 months showed no evidence of disease. In a review of the literature, we identified 14 similar cases of MALT lymphoma pre-operatively diagnosed as meningioma. Recognition of this rare meningeal location of a lymphoma involving the central nervous system is useful for a proper diagnosis and adequate treatment.
authors.affiliation: Neuroscience-Neurosurgery, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy. agazio_menniti@libero.it
authors.forename: Agazio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Menniti
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Moschettoni
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Liccardo
authors.forename: Pierpaolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lunardi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018906:Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D003606:Dacarbazine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005909:Glioblastoma / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000532:radiotherapy; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009381:Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / Q000473:pathology*; D010291:Paresis / Q000209:etiology; D012640:Seizures / Q000209:etiology; D000077204:Temozolomide; D014006:Tinea Capitis / Q000532:radiotherapy
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D018906:Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating; D003606:Dacarbazine; D000077204:Temozolomide