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A Rare Case of Renal Recovery in a Young Patient with Multiple Myeloma
Author(s) -
Hasan J. Salameh,
Adeel Ahmad,
Tina Kochar
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
case reports in nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2090-6641
pISSN - 2090-665X
DOI - 10.1155/2013/531205
Subject(s) - medicine , multiple myeloma , malignancy , complication , renal replacement therapy , presentation (obstetrics) , nephropathy , chemotherapy , hematologic malignancy , urology , intensive care medicine , surgery , endocrinology , diabetes mellitus
Multiple myeloma (MM) is an uncommon hematologic malignancy accounting for 1% of all malignancies. Renal involvement is a common complication of MM. Rapid intervention to reverse renal dysfunction may be critical for management, especially in patients with light chain cast nephropathy. Recovery rate ranges from 5% to 15%. We describe an atypical presentation of MM in a young patient who presented with severe renal insufficiency requiring renal replacement therapy and achieved complete renal recovery with chemotherapy.

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