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Cerebral compression by myeloma.

Author(s) -

Richard Stark,

R. A. HENSON

Publication year - 1981

Publication title -

journal of neurology neurosurgery and psychiatry

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.391

H-Index - 206

eISSN - 1468-330X

pISSN - 0022-3050

DOI - 10.1136/jnnp.44.9.833

Subject(s) - medicine , plasmacytoma , multiple myeloma , radiology , hemiparesis , radiation therapy , compression (physics) , angiography , materials science , composite material

A patient presented with right hemiparesis, dysphasia and a large, palpable, left frontoparietal mass arising from the calvarial diploe. A diagnosis of multiple myeloma was made on radiological and biochemical grounds, together with bone marrow examination. Few cases of cerebral compression by a massive plasmacytoma have been reported, but in some surgical management produced clinical deterioration. The present case was treated with radiotherapy and chemotherapy, with satisfactory results.

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