title: [An undiagnosed plasma cell myeloma. Complication after performing spinal anesthesia].
abstract: A male patient developed neurological deficits after an uneventful spinal anesthesia. After 2 months without any improvement an epidural hematoma was presumed. Magnet resonance imaging detected inflammatory tissue and destruction at lumbar levels L2/3. The inflammatory tissue had to be removed via laminectomy. Histology of the excised tissue revealed a plasma cell myeloma that was not diagnosed prior to spinal anesthesia 2 months previously.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Anästhesiologie, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246 Hamburg, Deutschland. sascha.tank@gmx.de
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tank
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rempf
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kothe
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gottschalk
mesh_terms: D000775:Anesthesia, Spinal / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D046748:Hematoma, Epidural, Spinal / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D013130:Spinal Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery