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| Year : 2007 | Volume
: 44
| Issue : 1 | Page : 36-37 |
Frontal convexity primary lymphoma masquerading meningioma: A case report and review of literature
A Agrawal1, JH Makannavar2, JP Shetty2, RK Shetty3, L Shetty3
1 Department of Neurosurgery, K. S. Hegde Medical Academy, Mangalore, India
2 Department of Pathology, K. S. Hegde Medical Academy, Mangalore, India
3 Department of Radiology, K. S. Hegde Medical Academy, Mangalore, India
Correspondence Address:
A Agrawal
Department of Neurosurgery, K. S. Hegde Medical Academy, Mangalore
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0019-509X.31166
Primary non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the skull with extra- and intracranial extension without systemic or skeletal manifestation in a nonimmunocompromised patient is extremely rare. These lesions often cause difficulty in diagnosis because they mimic other conditions. We report a case of primary lymphoma involving scalp, skull vault, meninges and invading the brain parenchyma and masquerading clinically and radiologically as a meningioma.
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