INTRACRANIAL PLASMACYTOMA - A CASE-REPORT

Multiple myeloma may have extraosseous manifestations in the cranial r egion, It may be a solitary intracranial tumour without any other sign s of multiple myeloma, or intracranial disease may be a part of genera lised disease. as in the present case. Our patient had received chemot herapy for multiple myeloma for 9 months, with good response, However, her condition suddenly deteriorated, with signs of increased intracra nial pressure and a 5-cm-diameter tumour infiltrating the meninges and brain was found in the left temporal fossa, The radiological diagnosi s, based on contrast-enhanced CT and angiography was not straightforwa rd or specific for plasmacytoma, as chemotherapy for the extracranial disease had been successful. Diseases such as meningioma, metastasis, lymphoma, chondrosarcoma or haemangioma had to be considered.