Dural Plasmacytoma with Meningeal Myelomatosis in a Patient with Multiple Myeloma

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 perform...

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Veröffentlicht in:Case reports in hematology 2018-01, Vol.2018 (2018), p.1-4
Hauptverfasser: Cabeza, María Ángeles, D’Ambrosi, Rafael, Guardado, Sandra, Pérez-Montero, Héctor, Gascón, Nieves, Pérez-Regadera, José Fermín
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Zusammenfassung: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.
ISSN:2090-6560
2090-6579
DOI:10.1155/2018/6730567