Intracranial involvement by multiple myeloma
A Lasocki1, S Gangatharan2, F Gaillard3
1Department of Cancer Imaging, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Monash Health, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.
Clinical Radiology
|May 10, 2015
Abstract:
Intracranial involvement is a rare complication of multiple myeloma. It results either from direct extra-osseous spread from adjacent skeletal plasmacytomas or extra-medullary disease via haematogenous dissemination. The imaging appearances are non-specific, and dural, leptomeningeal, and parenchymal involvement can all occur. The purpose of this review is to illustrate the various neuroimaging appearances of this rare entity, focusing on MRI.


