Multiple Cranial Nerve Palsy Concomitant with Leptomeningeal Involvement in Multiple Myeloma: A Case Report and Review of Literature

Neurologic symptoms are quite common in multiple myeloma, but direct invasion of central nervous system is extremely rare. Leptomeningeal multiple myeloma, as a rare neurological manifestation of multiple myeloma, presents with impairment of consciousness, cranial nerve palsies and convulsions. Here...

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Autores principales: Pak, Neda, Shakki Katouli, Fatemeh, Radmard, Amir Reza, Shaki Katuli, Mohammad Hassan, Rezwanifar, Mohamad Mehdi, Sepehri Boroujeni, Negar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Hematology-Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation Research Center 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6018249/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29951172
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Sumario:Neurologic symptoms are quite common in multiple myeloma, but direct invasion of central nervous system is extremely rare. Leptomeningeal multiple myeloma, as a rare neurological manifestation of multiple myeloma, presents with impairment of consciousness, cranial nerve palsies and convulsions. Here, we describe a 52-year- old male patient, known case of multiple myeloma, who presented with bilateral visual loss and difficulty in swallowing.

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