title: Solitary Extramedullary Plasmacytoma of the Orbital Apex and Dura Masquerading as Idiopathic Inflammation.
abstract: This is a retrospective case description of a single female patient found to have a primary solitary extramedullary plasmacytoma of the orbital apex and temporal/parietal dura. These monoclonal plasma cell neoplasms account for fewer than 5% of plasma cell neoplasms. Although most commonly found in the head and neck, orbital and dural solitary extramedullary plasmacytomas are extremely uncommon. The authors present a case of an extramedullary plasmacytoma involving both of these structures in a middle-age otherwise healthy female to highlight this rare entity and elucidate current treatment modalities and future considerations.
authors.affiliation: *The Oculoplastic and Orbital Surgery Department of Wills Eye Hospital, and †Neurosurgery Department, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
authors.forename: Alison B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Huggins
authors.forename: Jacqueline R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Carrasco
authors.forename: James J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.forename: Michael P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Rabinowitz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004388:Dura Mater / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000175:diagnosis; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009915:Orbit / Q000473:pathology*; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010954:Plasmacytoma / Q000175:diagnosis*