Open AccessSkull vault plasmacytoma mimicking parasagittal meningioma: “Mini-brain appearance”
Author(s) -
Satyashiva Munjal,
Amit Srivastava,
Sunila Jain,
Veer Singh Mehta
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
asian journal of neurosurgery
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2248-9614
DOI - 10.4103/ajns.ajns_219_17
Subject(s) - cranial vault , medicine , plasmacytoma , skull , meningioma , vault (architecture) , multiple myeloma , radiology , pathology , anatomy , structural engineering , engineering , immunology
Plasmacytomas occur as lesions in soft tissue or bone. Skull vault plasmacytomas are rare lesions comprising 0.7% of all plasmacytomas. Workup for myeloma must be done in such cases to rule out multiple myeloma. Here, we report a case of a 63-year-old female who presented to us with a large skull vault swelling which appeared to mimic a parasagittal meningioma on imaging. Histopathological imaging revealed it to be a plasmacytoma. A retrospective review of the radiology revealed the characteristic "mini-brain appearance" in our case. Literature on the subject is also reviewed.