Clinical and pathologic findings in 52 consecutively autopsied cases with multiple myeloma.
Am J Hematol
; 67(1): 1-5, 2001 May.
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| ID: mdl-11279649
ABSTRACT
We studied clinical features and pathologic findings in 52 consecutively autopsied patients with multiple myeloma in our center between 1979 and 1998. Distant extraosseous involvement was found in 33 patients (63.5%). Thirty-one patients (59.6%) were proven to have infection at autopsy, among which pneumonia was most common site of infection. Amyloidosis was shown in 8 patients. Second malignancies were observed in 4 cases. The three major causes of death were hemorrhage, infection, and renal failure, which accounted for death in approximately 70% of the patients. Advances in the anticancer and antimicrobial chemotherapies might have decreased deaths due to myeloma itself or infection.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Mieloma Múltiple
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Am J Hematol
Año:
2001
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Japón