Recurrent inflammatory pseudotumor of the jaw with perineural intracranial invasion demonstrating sustained response to Rituximab

Med Oncol. 2012 Dec;29(4):2452-5. doi: 10.1007/s12032-011-0128-1. Epub 2011 Dec 8.

Abstract

Corticosteroids are the mainstay of treatment of inflammatory pseudotumor (IPT) of the head and neck; however, involvement of the skull base and mandible can be unresponsive to steroids and require surgical resection. IPT is known to usually contain a CD20+ lymphocyte subgroup. Rituximab, a chimeric anti-CD20 antibody, has been successfully utilized in the treatment of other CD20+ diseases, including the similar idiopathic orbital inflammatory disease. This is the first report to describe successful treatment with Rituximab of a recurrent IPT of the mandible with trigeminal spread and leptomeningeal involvement with clinical and radiologic evidence demonstrating a sustained response to therapy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived / therapeutic use*
  • Antineoplastic Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Granuloma, Plasma Cell / drug therapy*
  • Granuloma, Plasma Cell / pathology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mandibular Diseases / drug therapy*
  • Mandibular Diseases / pathology
  • Meninges / pathology*
  • Neoplasm Invasiveness
  • Recurrence
  • Rituximab

Substances

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived
  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Rituximab