Pika T, Bacovsky J, Vaverka M, Hrbek J, Hubacek J, Spurna D, Scudla V. Unusual manifestation of multiple myeloma: focal affection of central nervous system in a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia.
Biomed Pap Med Fac Univ Palacky Olomouc Czech Repub 2010;
153:271-3. [PMID:
20208966 DOI:
10.5507/bp.2009.045]
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Abstract
INTRODUCTION
Involvement of the central nervous system as the first manifestation of multiple myeloma is very rare.
AIM
To present an unusual case of the primomanifestation of a multiple myeloma in the form of a focal affection of the central nervous system in a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia.
METHODS AND RESULTS
A female patient diagnosed with chronic B-lymphocytic leukaemia with gradually increasing right-sided cerebellar symptomatology. The CT examination revealed expansion of the cranial vault with significant compression of brain structures. The tumour was extirpated and the histological examination led to a diagnosis of a plasmocytic myeloma. A thorough examination confirmed the diagnosis of multiple myeloma with significant osteolytic involvement of the skeleton. A combined chemo- and radiotherapy resulted in adjustment in the focal neurological finding, and a partial remission of the multiple myeloma was achieved.
CONCLUSION
The above presented case describes two very unusual states: the primomanifestation of a multiple myeloma in form of a focal affection of the central nervous system, and the coincidence of a multiple myeloma as the second haematological malignancy in a patient with chronic B-lymphocytic leukaemia.
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