Lymphoplasmacyte-rich meningioma in a child. Case report

J Neurosurg. 1995 Dec;83(6):1075-9. doi: 10.3171/jns.1995.83.6.1075.

Abstract

A rare case of lymphoplasmacyte-rich meningioma observed in a young girl is reported. The first clinical manifestations of the disease were seizures. Neuroradiological images favored the existence of a meningioma. Abnormalities in the patient's blood chemistry, principally including hypergammaglobulinemia and inflammatory syndrome, were associated with the disease. The tumor was histologically confirmed as meningioma with massive infiltrates of type B lymphocytes. The pathophysiology of the conspicuous lymphoplasmacyte infiltrates, responsible for peripheral blood abnormalities, has remained poorly understood. Alternative diagnostic hypotheses of masses that mimic this type of meningioma are discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Brain Neoplasms / complications
  • Brain Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Brain Neoplasms / pathology
  • Child
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Inflammation
  • Lymphocytes / pathology*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Meningioma / complications
  • Meningioma / diagnosis*
  • Meningioma / pathology
  • Seizures / etiology