title: [Encephalomyelopathy associated with monoclonal gammapathy].
abstract: 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.
authors: Service de Neurologie, Hospital Erasme, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgique.
authors: J C
authors: JC
authors: Bier
authors: J M
authors: JM
authors: Caroyer
authors: I
authors: I
authors: Salmon
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Zegers De Beyl
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D007136:Immunoglobulins; D043025:Oligoclonal Bands