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ArticleBMJ case reports2020

Multiple myeloma with hepatic amyloid light-chain amyloidosis manifesting as progressive liver failure.

Monique Oye, Kimberly Sanders, Maged Ghali, Ahmad Alkhasawneh

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.1field-weighted citation impact, top 56% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Monique OyeInternal Medicine, University of Florida Health at Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida, USA monique.oye@jax.ufl.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0725-2716
Kimberly SandersInternal Medicine, University of Florida Health at Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4562-7846
Maged GhaliGastroenterology, University of Florida Health at Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida, USA.
Ahmad AlkhasawnehPathology, University of Florida Health at Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida, USA.
University of Florida Health · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We present a case of a 45-year-old man admitted to the hospital with new-onset ascites and bilateral subconjunctival haemorrhages. He was found to have elevated liver enzymes in a hepatocellular pattern and direct hyperbilirubinemia. A diagnostic paracentesis was consistent with portal hypertension (PH). Extensive workup for acute and chronic liver disease was unremarkable. In the absence of clinical evidence of cirrhosis to explain PH, a liver biopsy with hepatic venous pressure gradient was pursued, which revealed proteinaceous material and apple-green birefringence under polarised light consistent with amyloid deposits. Bone marrow biopsy revealed plasma cell neoplasm with proteinaceous deposits consistent with concomitant multiple myeloma with AL amyloidosis. He developed rapidly progressive liver failure and passed shortly after presentation despite treatment with chemotherapy. This case illustrates how primary hepatic amyloidosis can present with a physiology that mimics cirrhosis and can easily be missed.

Indexed as

Fatal OutcomeHumansImmunoglobulin Light-chain AmyloidosisLiverLiver FailureLiver NeoplasmsMaleMiddle AgedMultiple Myelomaliver diseasemalignant and benign haematologymalignant disease and immunosuppressionophthalmologyportal hypertension

Identifiers

PMID32601138
PMCPMC7326243
OpenAlexW3037304117

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