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Jesús Vaquero, MD; Eduardo Areitio, MD; Roberto Martinez, MD
Neurosurgical Service Puerta de Hierro Clinic San Martin de Porres, 4 35 Madrid, Spain

Arch Neurol. 1982;39(11):738.

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To the Editor.—

Recently we read with great interest the report of Atweh and Jabbour (ARCHIVES 1982;39:57-59), "Intracranial Solitary Extraskeletal Plasmacytoma Resembling Meningioma." As their report indicated, intracranial plasmacytomas show a contrast enhancement pattern on computed tomographic (CT) scan that is similar to that found in meningioma.

Report of a Case.—

We followed the clinical evolution of a 47-year-old man whom we first saw in May 1980, when he had been suffering from left third cranial nerve paresis for two months. A CT scan (Figure) showed a left parasellar lesion with homogenous enhancement after administration of contrast medium. Carotid angiography showed an avascular lesion occupying the left cavernous sinus. A presumptive diagnosis of meningioma or pituitary adenoma was made. On surgical exploration, a biopsy of an extradural mass inside the cavernous sinus was performed, and the pathologic diagnosis was pituitary adenoma.

Subcutaneous nodules in the left occipital region were detected . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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