Open AccessPrimary dural non-hodgkin′s lymphoma mimicking meningioma
Author(s) -
Jyoti K. Kudrimoti,
Manish J Gaikwad,
Shaila C. Puranik,
Ashish Chugh
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.146112
Subject(s) - medicine , meningioma , pathology , lymphoma , cytokeratin , lesion , dura mater , radiology , immunohistochemistry
A 42-year-old immunocompetent female presented with headache, vomiting and diminished unilateral vision. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging were suggestive of high-grade meningioma. Neurological examination and routine hematological parameters were within normal limits. Craniotomy was performed; the tumor was arising from the dura mater, which was completely resected. Hematoxylin and eosin showed lesion comprising a tumor mass with monomorphic population of tumor cells arranged in sheets and small follicles. The tumor cells were immunoreactive for leukocyte common antigen and CD20 and immunonegative for glial fibrillary acid protein, epithelial membrane antigen, cytokeratin, CD3 and CD30. Rest of the body scan was normal. A diagnosis of primary dural non-Hodgkin′s lymphoma was made. We report this exceedingly rare case of primary dural non-Hodgkin′s lymphoma, which mimicked clinically and radiologically as meningioma