Cerebral compression by myeloma.
A patient presented with right hemiparesis, dysphasia and a large, palpable, left frontoparietal mass arising from the calvarial diploe. A diagnosis of multiple myeloma was made on radiological and biochemical grounds, together with bone marrow examination. Few cases of cerebral compression by a massive plasmacytoma have been reported, but in some surgical management produced clinical deterioration. The present case was treated with radiotherapy and chemotherapy, with satisfactory results.
D000368:Aged; D001037:Aphasia / Q000209:etiology; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D011859:Radiography; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy