I cannot picture it in my mind: acquired aphantasia after autologous stem cell transplantation for multiple myeloma | Zendy

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I cannot picture it in my mind: acquired aphantasia after autologous stem cell transplantation for multiple myeloma

Author(s) -

Adam L Bumgardner,

Kyle Yuan,

Alden V. Chiu

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

oxford medical case reports

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.169

H-Index - 9

ISSN - 2053-8855

DOI - 10.1093/omcr/omab019

Subject(s) - medicine , multiple myeloma , melphalan , autologous stem cell transplantation , etiology , transplantation , stem cell , refractory (planetary science) , oncology , surgery , biology , astrobiology , physics , genetics

Aphantasia, the loss of mental imagery, is a rare disorder and even more infrequent when acquired. No previous cases have been identified that were caused by transplant-related treatment. We describe a case of acquired aphantasia in a 62-year-old male with refractory IgG kappa multiple myeloma after receiving an autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT) following high-dose melphalan with a complicated hospital admission. The etiology of aphantasia remains unidentified, but we provide viable explanations to include direct effects from ASCT treatment and indirect effects from transplant-related complications.

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