Myelomatous meningitis diagnosed by cerebrospinal fluid cytology examination

Tommaso Bizzarro; Giovanna De Marco; Michele Romoli; Lina Paolucci; Federico Morigi; Marco Longoni; Daniela Bartolini

doi:10.1111/cyt.13326

Myelomatous meningitis diagnosed by cerebrospinal fluid cytology examination

Cytopathology. 2024 Mar;35(2):307-309. doi: 10.1111/cyt.13326. Epub 2023 Oct 25.

Authors

Tommaso Bizzarro¹, Giovanna De Marco², Michele Romoli³, Lina Paolucci¹, Federico Morigi¹, Marco Longoni³, Daniela Bartolini¹

Affiliations

¹ Operative Unit of Pathologic Anatomy, AUSL della Romagna, "M. Bufalini" Hospital, Cesena, Italy.
² Department of Biomedical and NeuroMotor Sciences of Bologna, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
³ Neurology and Stroke Unit, Department of Neuroscience, AUSL della Romagna, "M. Bufalini" Hospital, Cesena, Italy.

PMID: 37877650
DOI: 10.1111/cyt.13326

Abstract

Myelomatous meningitis diagnosed by CSF cytology. The combined use of cytology with immunocytochemistry can identify the presence of multiple myeloma cells in cerebrospinal fluid specimens.

Keywords: CD138; CSF cytology; ICC; MM; cerebrospinal fluid cytology; immunocytochemistry; multiple myeloma; myelomatous meningitis.

MeSH terms

Cytodiagnosis
Cytological Techniques
Humans
Meningitis* / cerebrospinal fluid
Meningitis* / diagnosis
Multiple Myeloma* / diagnosis
Multiple Myeloma* / pathology