Dementia reversible by plasmapheresis in multiple myeloma

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Guldenschuh, I. | Schiess, R. | Jacky, E. | Burger, J. | Landis, T.^;

Affiliations: Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Zürich, Switzerland | Department of Neurology, University Hospital Zürich, Switzerland

Note: [] Correspondence to: T. Landis, Neurologische Klinik, Universitätsspital, CH-8091 Zürich, Switzerland

Abstract: Although hyperviscosity syndrome may lead to cerebral hypoxia and produce some degree of dementia, this condition is rarely recognized. We report a patient in whom moderate dementia was the only manifestation of a hyperviscosity syndrome due to an IgG-κ myeloma. Dementia dramatically improved following plasmapheresis.

Keywords: Dementia, Hyperviscosity, Plasmapheresis

DOI: 10.3233/BEN-1993-6309

Journal: Behavioural Neurology, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 165-166, 1993