Multiple Myeloma-Induced Hyperammonemic Encephalopathy

Multiple myeloma (MM) typically presents with hypercalcemia, renal insufficiency, anemia, and bone lesions. Elevated ammonia level manifesting as altered mental status is a rare complication in MM. We report an interesting case of hyperammonemic encephalopathy in a 73-year-old male with advanced rel...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Murtaza, Ghulam, Lu, Hannah, Faqah, Anadil, Konowitz, Nicholas, Kuruvilla, Aneesh, Adhikari, Sujeen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elmer Press 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7155816/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32300389
http://dx.doi.org/10.14740/jh322e
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Sumario:Multiple myeloma (MM) typically presents with hypercalcemia, renal insufficiency, anemia, and bone lesions. Elevated ammonia level manifesting as altered mental status is a rare complication in MM. We report an interesting case of hyperammonemic encephalopathy in a 73-year-old male with advanced relapsing kappa-light chain MM.

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