Abducens Nerve Palsy as Initial Presentation of Multiple Myeloma and Intracranial Plasmacytoma

  • Elochukwu Ibekwe
  • Neil B. Horsley
  • Lan Jiang
  • Nadine-Stella Achenjang
  • Azubuogu Anudu
  • Zeeshan Akhtar
  • Karina G. Chornenka
  • Gregory P. Monohan
  • Yevgen G. Chornenkyy
Publication date
September 2018
Publisher
MDPI AG
ISSN
2077-0383
Journal
Journal of Clinical Medicine

Abstract

Central Nervous System (CNS) involvement in multiple myeloma and/or multifocal solitary plasmacytoma is rare. Although they are unique entities, multiple myeloma (MM) and plasmacytoma represent a spectrum of plasma cell neoplastic diseases that can sometimes occur concurrently. Plasmacytomas very often present as late-stage sequelae of MM. In this case report, we report a 53-year-old female presenting with right abducens cranial nerve (CN) VI palsy as an initial presentation secondary to lesion of the right clivus

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