Primary dural lymphoma mimicking a chronic epidural hematoma. Differential diagnosis of two rare conditions

Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2013 Aug;115(8):1510-3. doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2012.12.013. Epub 2013 Jan 3.

Authors

Corrado Iaccarino¹, Paolo Schiavi, Pellegrino Crafa, Carolina Bronzoni, Vania Ramponi, Giampiero Mantenuto, Luigi Cavanna, Franco Servadei

Affiliation

¹ Neurosurgery-Neurotraumatology Unit, University Hospital of Parma, Via Gramsci, 14, 43126 Parma, Italy. ciaccarino@ao.pr.it

PMID: 23290421
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2012.12.013

No abstract available

Keywords: Epidural hematoma; Neurooncology; Neuropathology; Primary dural lymphoma.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Diagnosis, Differential
Dura Mater / pathology*
Epilepsies, Partial / complications
Female
Hematoma, Epidural, Cranial / diagnosis*
Hematoma, Epidural, Cranial / surgery
Humans
Immunohistochemistry
Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell / diagnosis*
Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell / pathology
Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell / surgery
Leukemia, Lymphoid / diagnosis*
Leukemia, Lymphoid / pathology
Leukemia, Lymphoid / surgery
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Muscle Weakness / etiology
Neurosurgical Procedures
Tomography, X-Ray Computed