Amiloidosis extrema asociada a mieloma múltiple e insuficiencia renal terminal: Caso clínico
We report a 53-year-old female on chronic dialysis, presenting with weight loss, the development of big soft masses in the shoulders ("shoulder pads"), forearms and buttocks, macroglossia and rigidity of hands and lower limbs. Laboratory confirmed the presence of amyloidosis and myeloma with lambda chain restricted plasma cell infiltration of bone marrow. The diagnosis of multiple myeloma associated with primary amyloidosis in a patient with terminal renal failure, was reached.
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| Format: | Digital revista |
| Language: | Spanish / Castilian |
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Sociedad Médica de Santiago
2011
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872011001100012 |
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