'Indolent' Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia and a cerebrospinal fluid protein level of 16 g/L

Eur J Haematol. 2006 Jul;77(1):80-2. doi: 10.1111/j.0902-4441.2006.t01-1-EJH2654.x.

Abstract

Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia occasionally presents with neurological manifestations. Very rarely, it is due to a central nervous system localization, the so-called Bing Neel Syndrome. We report a patient with an 'indolent' systemic disease and surprisingly a concomitant major CNS involvement.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Brain / pathology
  • Central Nervous System / pathology
  • Cerebrospinal Fluid Proteins / analysis*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin M / cerebrospinal fluid
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Multiple Organ Failure
  • Shock / etiology
  • Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia / cerebrospinal fluid*
  • Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia / diagnosis

Substances

  • Cerebrospinal Fluid Proteins
  • Immunoglobulin M