[Encephalomyelopathy associated with monoclonal gammapathy].
We describe the case of a patient with a particular form of presumably immune-mediated encephalomyelitis associated with a monoclonal cold agglutin gammapathy. Systematic autopsy showed predominantly demyelinating lesions of the brain and spinal cord. The lesions were assumed to be the immune-mediated consequences of the underlying hematologic condition. Similarity with certain paraneoplastic syndromes is underlined.
Bier
J C
JC
Service de Neurologie, Hospital Erasme, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgique.
Caroyer
J M
JM
Salmon
I
I
Zegers De Beyl
D
D
D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D003711:Demyelinating Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004679:Encephalomyelitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D007136:Immunoglobulins / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D043025:Oligoclonal Bands; D010257:Paraneoplastic Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis; D010265:Paraproteinemias / Q000150:complications*; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology
D007136:Immunoglobulins; D043025:Oligoclonal Bands