title: Solitary dural plasmacytoma mimicking meningioma and invading calvarium.
abstract: Solitary plasmacytoma comprises 2%-10% of all plasma cell diseases. Cranial localization of plasmacytoma is quite rare. They may emerge after years without systemic involvement and symptoms. They may be confused with other tumors as they are not remembered primarily in radiological diagnosis. The definite diagnosis is made upon histopathological examination. Surgical resection followed by radiotherapy is the first choice of therapy. Chemotherapy may be administered for secretory tumors. In this paper, we discussed a patient who underwent surgery with the prediagnosis of meningioma and histopathologically diagnosed with plasmacytoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Oncology Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. aehasturk@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Askin Esen
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Hasturk
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Basmaci
authors.forename: Fuat
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Erten
authors.forename: Nesibe
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Cesur
authors.forename: Erdal Resit
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Yilmaz
authors.forename: Hayri
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kertmen
mesh_terms: D003399:Craniotomy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D004388:Dura Mater / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008579:Meningioma / Q000175:diagnosis; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D010954:Plasmacytoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*