Aggressive multiple myeloma with brain involvement in a young patient.
Multiple myeloma is generally a neoplastic plasma cell disorder of the old age. It seldom attacked young people or manifested intracranial plasmacytomas. Here we report a 28-year-old young patient of plasma cell dyscrasia who presented multiple plasmacytomas of bones while sparing bone marrow. Cerebral involvement with intratumorous hemorrhage complicated the clinical course. The unique clinical features are presented and literature is reviewed.
Chen
Chih-Cheng
CC
Division of Hematology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
Gau
Jyh-Pyng
JP
Ho
Chao-Hung
CH
Lin
Jeong-Shi
JS
Chiou
Hong-Jen
HJ
Lirng
Jiing-Feng
JF
D000328:Adult; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D010954:Plasmacytoma / Q000473:pathology; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology