KMID : 1001920090460060588
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Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society 2009 Volume.46 No. 6 p.588 ~ p.591
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Brain Magnetic Resolution Imaging to Diagnose Bing-Neel Syndrome
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Kim Ho-Jung
Suh Sang-Il Kim Joo-Han Kim Byung-Jo
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Abstract
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Radiologic findings of Bing-Neel syndrome, which is an extremely uncommon complication resulting from malignant lymphocyte infiltration into the central nervous system (CNS) in patients with Waldenstrom¡¯s macroglobulinemia (WM), have been infrequently reported due to extreme rarity of the case. A 75-year-old man with WM presented at a neurology clinic with progressive gait and memory disturbances, and dysarthria of 2 months duration. Cerebrospinal fluid and serum protein electrophoresis and immunofixation electrophoresis showed IgM kappa-type monoclonal gammopathy. Brain magnetic resonance imaging revealed multifocal, hyperintense lesions on T2 weighted-images. Brain diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) demonstrated hyperintensities in cerebral and cerebellar lesions that appeared isointense on apparent diffusion coefficient maps, which were compatible with vasogenic edema. Although histologic analysis is a confirmative study to prove direct cell infiltration into the brain, brain MRI with DWI may be a good supportive study to diagnose Bing-Neel syndrome.
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KEYWORD
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Bing-Neel syndrome, Waldenstrom¡¯s macroglobulinemia, MRI
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