Pathologic deposition of non-amyloid immunoglobulin in the brain leading to mass effect and neurological deficits

David S. Hersh; Petra Houbova; Rudolph J. Castellani; Fausto J. Rodriguez; Minesh P. Mehta; Graeme F. Woodworth

doi:10.1016/j.jocn.2016.01.022

Pathologic deposition of non-amyloid immunoglobulin in the brain leading to mass effect and neurological deficits

David S. Hersh, Petra Houbova, Rudolph J. Castellani, Fausto J. Rodriguez, Minesh P. Mehta, Graeme F. Woodworth^*

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Abstract

We report a 31-year-old man with multiple large, non-enhancing intracerebral lesions exerting significant mass effect. Following debulking, histopathological analysis revealed abundant amorphous non-amyloid eosinophilic material, while liquid chromatography mass spectrometry revealed κ light chains and immunoglobulin A heavy chains, leading to the diagnosis of multiple intracerebral light-and-heavy chain aggregomas. Localized intracranial deposits of non-amyloid immunoglobulin may rarely mimic space-occupying intracranial neoplasms and should be considered in the differential diagnosis.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	143-145
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Clinical Neuroscience
Volume	30
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocn.2016.01.022
State	Published - Aug 1 2016

Keywords

Amyloid
Immunoglobulin
Mass spectrometry

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Surgery
Neurology
Clinical Neurology
Physiology (medical)

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