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Bing Neel syndrome presenting as isolated cranial nerve palsies - a case report.

Dipti Baskar, Davuluri Durga Srinivas Anudeep, Seena Vengalil, Preetham Patavaradhan, Karthik Kulanthaivelu, Ravindu Tiwari, Bevinahalli Nanjegowda Nandeesh, Keerti Sitani, Pritam Raja, Ravindranadh C Mundlamuri and 2 more

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Dipti BaskarDepartment of Neurology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru, India.
Davuluri Durga Srinivas AnudeepDepartment of Neurology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru, India.
Seena VengalilDepartment of Neurology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru, India.
Preetham PatavaradhanDepartment of Neuroradiology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru, India.
Karthik KulanthaiveluDepartment of Neuroradiology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru, India.
Ravindu TiwariDepartment of Neurology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru, India.
Bevinahalli Nanjegowda NandeeshDepartment of Neuropathology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru, India.
Keerti SitaniDepartment of Neuroradiology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru, India.
Pritam RajaDepartment of Neurology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru, India.
Ravindranadh C MundlamuriDepartment of Neurology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru, India.
Ravi YadavDepartment of Neurology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru, India.
Atchayaram NaliniDepartment of Neurology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru, India.

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Background and aims: Waldenstroms macroglobulinemia (WM) is a low-grade B cell neoplasm. Bing Neel syndrome is a rare manifestation of WM characterized by infiltrative involvement of the central nervous system. Case report: 64-year-old man, presented with 4 years history of slowly progressive diplopia and ptosis of eyes. Examination showed left oculomotor (internal and external ophthalmoplegia), with trochlear, abducens, and right partial oculomotor and abducens nerve involvement. Evaluation showed anemia of hemoglobin 10.7 g/dL, raised erythrocyte sedimentation rate of 120 mm/h and plasma albumin:globulin reversal. Serum protein electrophoresis showed a paraprotein peak in the early gamma region with elevated IgM level (3810 mg/dL) and elevated free kappa light chain level (70.1 mg/L). Bone marrow aspiration from posterior iliac crest revealed mature small lymphocytes with positive immunohistochemical markers of CD5, CD10 negativity and MYD88 mutation positivity suggestive of WM. Patient was treated with bendamustine and rituximab regimen, with no neurological improvement at the end of one year. Conclusion: This case expands spectrum of paraproteinemic neuropathy to include cranial nerve palsy. Thus, plasma cell dyscrasias have to be considered in patients with isolated ophthalmoparesis especially in elderly patients, even with other comorbidities such as diabetes mellitus.

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Multiple cranial neuropathiesParaproteinemic neuropathyWaldenstroms macroglobulinemia

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