title: Aggressive multiple myeloma with brain involvement in a young patient.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Hematology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Chih-Cheng
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Jyh-Pyng
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Gau
authors.forename: Chao-Hung
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.forename: Jeong-Shi
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Hong-Jen
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Chiou
authors.forename: Jiing-Feng
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Lirng
mesh_terms: 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