1. IgD multiple myeloma with renal involvement: case report
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Terukatu Arima, Ryuji Harada, Akira Nakajima, Yoshinobu Ohtubo, Shinichiro Uemura, Hirofumi Homan, Kazuhiro Azuma, Hirohide Ito, Hideyuki Ohtuka, Yuichiro Yasumoto, Wataru Yamashita, Kenji Uomizu, and Kazuya Ohsaki
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Adult ,medicine.medical_treatment ,chemical and pharmacologic phenomena ,Immunoelectrophoresis ,Immunoglobulin D ,stomatognathic system ,immune system diseases ,Renal Dialysis ,hemic and lymphatic diseases ,Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols ,medicine ,Humans ,Multiple myeloma ,Dominance (genetics) ,Aged ,biology ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,hemic and immune systems ,General Medicine ,Acute Kidney Injury ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Immunology ,biology.protein ,Kidney Failure, Chronic ,Female ,Hemodialysis ,IgD myeloma ,business ,Multiple Myeloma - Abstract
IgD multiple myeloma is a unique type of multiple myeloma which is characterized by increased serum IgD and IgD type M-component in immunoelectrophoresis. It frequently shows renal involvement but it is a rare form of myeloma. The distinctive features of IgD myeloma are the dominance in males, high frequency in younger persons, and the uncertain appearance of M-component in serum electrophoresis. We experienced 3 cases of IgD multiple myeloma with renal failure which required hemodialysis before IgD myeloma was diagnosed. It is important to consider IgD myeloma when treating the patients with renal involvement of unknown origin.
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- 1990