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Thrombotic microangiopathy isolated to the central nervous system
Author(s) -
Dawson Ted M,
Lavi Ehud,
Raps Eric C.,
Goldberg Herbert I.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
annals of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.764
H-Index - 296
eISSN - 1531-8249
pISSN - 0364-5134
DOI - 10.1002/ana.410300615
Subject(s) - thrombotic microangiopathy , plasma cell dyscrasia , central nervous system , autopsy , pathology , magnetic resonance imaging , medicine , microangiopathy , encephalopathy , bone marrow , infiltration (hvac) , dyscrasia , immunology , radiology , plasma cell , endocrinology , physics , disease , antibody , immunoglobulin light chain , diabetes mellitus , thermodynamics
A man with plasma cell dyscrasia and bone marrow infiltration presented with rapidly progressive encephalopathy. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed multiple small areas of abnormal signal that correlated with the autopsy findings of thrombotic microangiopathy isolated to the central nervous system.