X-ray: Multiple Myeloma
Русcкий : Множественная Миелома
It is a cancer of the plasma cells, which are the immune system cells in bone marrow that produces antibody.
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(Xray below)
This elderly man was admitted with complains of nausea, vomiting, pain abdomen and was in a state of delirium. He has also been losing weight for a while. Here is the xray of his skull.
A skull xray showing multiple lytic lesions. This xray is classical of these lesions.
The cause of his symptoms was hypercalcemia.
The symptoms are classical description of hypercalcemia: bones, groans and psychic moans.
An easy mnemonic to remember Multiple Myeloma is CRAB
Calcium (hypercalcaemia)
Renal failure
Anaemia
Bone lesion (lytic lesion/pepper pot skull)
