Hema A Venkatappa, Shilpa Rao, Anita Mahadevan, Pari Kodaiyarasan
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Abstract
Primary intracranial smooth muscle tumors are rare and range from benign to malignant. We report 2 patients with primary intracranial smooth muscle neoplasms in immunocompromised host, 1 patient each with primary intracranial leiomyoma and primary intracranial leiomyosarcoma, both of whom clinically and radiologically mimicked meningioma. Both patients were human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive. Hence, smooth muscle neoplasms should be considered in the differential diagnosis of well-circumscribed intracranial lesion, especially in immunocompromised patients.
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Clinical Neuropathology appears bi-monthly and publishes reviews and editorials, original papers, short communications and reports on recent advances in the entire field of clinical neuropathology. Papers on experimental neuropathologic subjects are accepted if they bear a close relationship to human diseases. Correspondence (letters to the editors) and current information including book announcements will also be published.