Nodular inflammatory mass of the dura mimicking a meningioma--a report of two cases.

dc.contributor	Radhakrishnan, V V
dc.contributor	Saraswathy, A
dc.contributor	Misra, B K
dc.contributor	Rout, D
dc.date.accessioned	2012-12-04T11:44:43Z
dc.date.available	2012-12-04T11:44:43Z
dc.date.issued	1994
dc.description.abstract	Histopathological examination of surgical specimens in two patients with an operative diagnosis of meningioma, revealed the presence of dense nodular aggregation of lymphocytes, plasma cells and conspicious absence of meningothelial components. Possibilities of lymphoreticular malignancy, myeloproliferative disorders and other causes for various inflammatory diseases were excluded by appropriate investigation in these two patients. Pathogenesis of this localised lymphocyte-plasma cell aggreation in the dura manifesting as a space-occupying lesion could not be defined in these two patients. It is emphasised that this benign lesion should be recognised as well as distinguished from secondary lymphomatous deposits and solitary plasmacytoma of the dura.
dc.identifier.citation	Indian journal of pathology & microbiology. 37; 2; 215-20	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.sctimst.ac.in/handle/123456789/796
dc.publisher	Indian journal of pathology & microbiology
dc.subject	Pathology
dc.title	Nodular inflammatory mass of the dura mimicking a meningioma--a report of two cases.