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ArticleAnnals of geriatric medicine and research2018

Nonsecretory Multiple Myeloma Presenting as Recurrent Vertebral Compression Fractures in an Older Male Patient.

Young Hee Maeng, Chang Lim Hyun, Sang Hoon Han, Gil Myeong Seong, Dae Hyun Song, Hyo Jung An, Hyun Min Koh

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Article in Annals of geriatric medicine and research, 2018. 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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Young Hee MaengDepartment of Pathology, Jeju National University School of Medicine, Jeju, Korea.
Chang Lim HyunDepartment of Pathology, Jeju National University School of Medicine, Jeju, Korea.
Sang Hoon HanDepartment of Internal Medicine, Jeju National University School of Medicine, Jeju, Korea.
Gil Myeong SeongDepartment of Internal Medicine, Jeju National University Hospital, Jeju, Korea.
Dae Hyun SongDepartment of Pathology, Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine, Jinju, Korea.
Hyo Jung AnDepartment of Pathology, Gyeongsang National University Changwon Hospital, Changwon, Korea.
Hyun Min KohDepartment of Pathology, Gyeongsang National University Changwon Hospital, Changwon, Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-7457-7174
Jeju National University · KRChangwon National University · KRGyeongsang National University · KRJeju National University Hospital · KR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nonsecretory multiple myeloma is a rare variant of multiple myeloma characterized by the proliferation of clonal plasma cells in the bone marrow. It is difficult to establish an early and accurate diagnosis of nonsecretory multiple myeloma because in nonsecretory myeloma cases, monoclonal immunoglobulin cannot be detected in the serum or urine via electrophoresis. In this report, we describe a case of nonsecretory multiple myeloma presenting as recurrent vertebral compression fractures in a 70-year-old male patient and suggest that nonsecretory multiple myeloma can be included in the differential diagnosis of multiple and recurrent vertebral compression fractures, despite the lack of detectable monoclonal immunoglobulin in the serum or urine by electrophoresis.

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Multiple myelomaNonsecretoryVertebral compression fracture

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PMID32743254
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