title: Plasmacytoma of the clivus: a case report.
abstract: A 60-year-old male presented with headache and diplopia for 2 months. Computed tomography of the head showed a heterogeneously enhancing expansile lytic lesion in clival region. The patient underwent surgery and histopathological examination revealed it to be plasmacytoma of the clivus. The multiple myeloma work-up was negative. Solitary plasmacytoma localized to the skull base is extremely rare. Prior to this, only three case reports of plasmacytoma of the clivus have been described in the English literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh.
authors.forename: Richa
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Goyal
authors.forename: Rahul
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Bishan D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Radotra
mesh_terms: D003388:Cranial Fossa, Posterior / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010954:Plasmacytoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D019292:Skull Base Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology