Neoadjuvant therapy in a patient with clival plasmacytoma associated with multiple myeloma: a case report

Surg Neurol. 2008 Oct;70(4):403-7. doi: 10.1016/j.surneu.2007.10.020. Epub 2008 Mar 4.

Abstract

Background: Plasmacytoma is a localized mass of metastatic plasma cells. These lesions rarely involve the petroclival region and carry a high risk of progression to MM and poor prognosis.

Case description: We report a 65-year-old woman who presented with a large clival plasmacytoma causing right trigeminal and abducens nerve palsies and was diagnosed with MM after transsphenoidal biopsy. She underwent neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy followed by radical resection of the residual tumor.

Conclusion: We presented our treatment strategy including neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy followed by radical resection of the lesion. The patient has experienced complete remission, and succeeding MRI revealed no evidence of local recurrence.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use*
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Cranial Fossa, Posterior / pathology
  • Dexamethasone / therapeutic use
  • Doxorubicin / therapeutic use
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Multiple Myeloma / drug therapy*
  • Multiple Myeloma / pathology
  • Multiple Myeloma / surgery
  • Neoadjuvant Therapy*
  • Neurosurgical Procedures
  • Plasmacytoma / drug therapy*
  • Plasmacytoma / pathology
  • Plasmacytoma / surgery
  • Salvage Therapy
  • Vincristine / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Vincristine
  • Dexamethasone
  • Doxorubicin

Supplementary concepts

  • VAD I protocol