26 research outputs found
The effect of nutritional support on nutritional status and quality of life as well as on inflammatory markers and cardiac functions in patients with cardiac cachexia due to chronic heart failure
LOW GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE AS AN ASSOCIATED RISK FACTOR FOR SARCOPENIC MUSCLE STRENGTH: IS CREATININE OR CYSTATIN C-BASED ESTIMATION MORE RELEVANT?
Relapse of Multiple Myeloma Presenting as Extramedullary Plasmacytomas in Multiple Organs
Multiple myeloma is a neoplastic plasma cell disorder. It is characterized by collections of abnormal plasma cells accumulating in the bone marrow, where they interfere with the production of normal blood cells. It usually presents as a multisystemic involvement, whose symptoms and signs vary greatly. Some patients have slowly progressive disease while others have aggressive clinical behavior by extramedullary involvement. In addition to renal failure, anemia, hypercalcemia, lytic bone lesions, and immunodeficiency, it also affects multiple organ system, such as pancreas, adrenal glands, kidney, skin, lung, liver, spleen, lymph nodes, and bone. To raise awareness of the variable presentations of this disease, we report a 53-year-old male patient, with multiple myeloma in his first remission who relapsed with extramedullary plasmacytomas (EMPs) involving multiple organs, such as pancreas, adrenal glands, kidney, skin, lung, liver, spleen, and lymph nodes