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)