Therapeutic experience of Bing-Neel Syndrome associated with Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia

J Korean Med Sci. 2007 Dec;22(6):1079-81. doi: 10.3346/jkms.2007.22.6.1079.

Abstract

Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia is an uncommon low-grade B-cell lymphoproliferative disorder in which monoclonal immunoglobulin M is produced. Neurological symptoms due to hyperviscosity are frequent manifestations of Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia. However, central nervous system infiltration by plasmacytoid lymphocytes (Bing-Neel syndrome) has only rarely been reported. We report a case of a 51-yr-old woman suffering from Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia who complained of persistant headache. Brain magnetic resonance imaging revealed an extra-axial soft tissue mass along the left cavernous sinus, left tentorium, right tentorium, and falx cerebri. A stereotactic biopsy of dural tissue from the falx was performed and showed plasmacytoid lymphocyte infiltration. The patient became symptom- free with irradiation of the whole brain followed by chemotherapy with fludarabine.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / therapeutic use
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived
  • Brain / pathology
  • Central Nervous System Diseases / etiology
  • Central Nervous System Diseases / therapy*
  • Cranial Irradiation
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Rituximab
  • Syndrome
  • Vidarabine / analogs & derivatives
  • Vidarabine / therapeutic use
  • Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia / complications*

Substances

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived
  • Rituximab
  • Vidarabine
  • fludarabine