[Solitary intracranial plasmacytoma : report of a case and review of the literature (author's transl)].

The authors report the case of a 71 year old woman affected by a solitary intracranial plasmacytoma. Computed tomography statement and monoclonal gammapathy found in the serum and in the cerebrospinal fluid permitted the diagnosis. Brain tumor and gammapathy improved after radiotherapy. A review of the 17 cases reported in the available literature showed some characteristics of these tumors : epidemiology, localization, evolution.