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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian Journal of Neurosurgery 2022; 11(03): 274-276
DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1726603
Short Communication

Multiple Myeloma Involving Left Hemicranium

Jutty Parthiban
1   Department of Neurosurgery, Kovai Medical Centre and Hospital, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
,
B. Udaykumar
1   Department of Neurosurgery, Kovai Medical Centre and Hospital, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
,
Sudeendra Reddy Peddireddy
1   Department of Neurosurgery, Kovai Medical Centre and Hospital, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
,
Balasubramaniam Prakash
2   Kovai Medical Centre and Hospital, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
,
Vighnesh Kandha Kumar
2   Kovai Medical Centre and Hospital, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
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Abstract

Multiple myeloma (MM) is a malignant neoplasm of bone marrow affecting plasma cells. It is commonly seen as multiple punched-out lesions in the skull bone as a characteristic feature. Its presentation as hemicranial involvement with intracranial extension is rare. A 46-year-old male presented with left side scalp swelling, prominent over parietal region. X-ray showed multiple punched out lesions involving left hemicranium. CT and MRI brain showed intracranial extension of lesion without brain parenchyma invasion. He was treated with biopsy of lesion followed by chemotherapy.

Keywords

Skull bone lesion - Plasmacytoma - Multiple myeloma


Publication History

Article published online:
13 January 2022

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