Multiple myeloma manifesting as an intraventricular brain tumor.
Primary intracerebral manifestation of multiple myeloma is rare and usually arises from the meninges or brain parenchyma. The authors present a case of multiple myeloma primarily manifesting within the lateral ventricle. A 67-year-old man was admitted with headache accompanied by slowly progressing right hemiparesis. Magnetic resonance imaging showed a large homogeneous contrast-enhancing intraventricular midline mass and hydrocephalus. The tumor was completely resected, and histopathological examination revealed plasmacytoma. After postoperative radio- and chemotherapy, vertebral osteolysis was detected as a secondary manifestation of multiple myeloma.
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Joo-Hun David
JH
Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Münster, Germany.
Jeibmann
Astrid
A
Wiesmann
Werner
W
Paulus
Werner
W
Ebel
Heinrich
H
D000368:Aged; D002551:Cerebral Ventricle Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery