Dural Plasmacytoma with Meningeal Myelomatosis in a Patient with Multiple Myeloma.
Nieves GascónHéctor Pérez-MonteroSandra GuardadoRafael D'AmbrosiMaría Ángeles CabezaJosé Fermín Pérez-RegaderaPublished in: Case reports in hematology (2018)
Here, we describe the case of a 66-year-old male diagnosed with multiple myeloma who presented with generalized tonic-clonic seizures. Magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated a right solid extra-axial parieto-occipital lesion with typical characteristics of meningeal myelomatosis. Biopsy was performed, which diagnosed a dural plasmacytoma. Because of this, we started concomitant therapy with radiotherapy and lenalidomide, but the patient has a poor response to treatment and died few weeks after its initiation. Myelomatous involvement of the dura mater is a rare occurrence, given that only few cases were reported in the English literature. This presentation confers an ominous prognosis and must be a suspect diagnosis in patients diagnosed with multiple myeloma presenting neurological symptoms.
Keyphrases
- multiple myeloma
- case report
- magnetic resonance imaging
- end stage renal disease
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- systematic review
- chronic kidney disease
- early stage
- computed tomography
- stem cells
- radiation therapy
- prognostic factors
- squamous cell carcinoma
- sleep quality
- radiation induced
- magnetic resonance
- contrast enhanced
- ultrasound guided
- physical activity
- depressive symptoms
- low dose
- brain injury
- mesenchymal stem cells
- fine needle aspiration
- high dose
- patient reported
- smoking cessation
- preterm birth