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. 2017 Mar 13;28(2):234–239. doi: 10.1111/bpa.12493

Table 1.

Patient characteristics.Characteristics of seven patients harboring cerebral amyloidoma. Progression free survival (PFS) was defined as the time from first diagnosis until clinical and/or radiological amyloidoma progression and/or death from any cause (IHC, immunohistochemistry; CISH, chromogenic in situ‐hybridization; IgH, IgH Gene Clonality Assay; AL‐λ, lambda light chain amyloidosis; AL κ, kappa light chain amyloidosis; CT, computer tomography; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; *pseudo‐clonality could not be excluded, probably because of low cellularity of the sample).

Case Sex Age Presenting symptoms Location Neuroimaging Surgery Postoperative Treatment PFS (months) Medical condition at last follow‐up IHC CISH IgH
1 Male 50 years Confusion, headache, vomiting and visual deficits of the lower right quadrant, dyslexia Left occipital MRI: 75 x 50 mm lesion with minor contrast enhancement Biopsy Steroids 17 Stable. Minor residual visual impairment. Inconclusive AL‐κ Clonality
2 Male 35 years Intermittent headache, right leg paresis Left pre‐central CT and MRI: subcortical 20 x 15 mm lesion with contrast enhancement and minor perifocal edema Biopsy Anticonvulsants 180 Stable. Epileptiform activity on EEG. Inconclusive AL‐λ Not evaluable
3 Female 49 years Seizures Right frontal MRI: 58 x 49 x 35 mm lesion with inhomogeneous contrast enhancement Gross total resection Anticonvulsants 11 Stable. Epileptiform activity on EEG. Inconclusive AL‐λ Clonality
4 Female 53 years Seizures, left homonymous hemianopsia, hemiparesis and numbness of left hand and foot Right parieto‐occipital PET‐MRI: 66 x 38 x 31 mm right parieto‐occipital lesion with inhomogeneous contrast enhancement. Multiple additional smaller lesions. Partial resection Steroids 24 Stable. Minor residual left‐sided hemiparesis, dysphagia and visual impairment. Inconclusive AL‐λ Clonality
5 Female 52 years Seizures Right temporal CT and MRI: 35 x 22 x 25 mm lesion with contrast enhancement. Focal calcifications and minor perifocal edema Partial resection Steroids, anticonvulsants 71 Stable. No further seizures. AL‐λ AL‐λ Clonality*
6 Female 49 years Depression, frontal lobe disorder, seizures, numbness of the right half of the body Left frontal CT and MRI: 50 x 50 x 35 mm lesion with inhomogeneous contrast enhancement, midline shift, perifocal edema Biopsy Steroids, radiation (20Gy) 21 Stable. Minor residual numbness and spasticity. AL‐λ AL‐λ Clonality
7 Male 52 years Vertigo Right thalamus MRI: 15 x 13 x 12 mm thalamic lesion with midline shift Partial resection None 4 Stable. No symptoms. Inconclusive AL‐λ Clonality