Liver disease as primary manifestation of multiple myeloma in a young man

Leuk Res. 1999 Apr;23(4):403-5. doi: 10.1016/s0145-2126(98)00168-4.

Abstract

We report a 27-year-old man who presented with fatigue, moderate weight loss and progressive abdominal distension as primary manifestations of a light-chain multiple myeloma (MM). Liver scan showed an enlarged liver with multiple low attenuation areas. Liver biopsy revealed sinusoidal infiltration by small size cells identified as Kappa light chain-producing primitive plasma cells by immunohistochemistry. The patient responded to three courses of EDAP. Subsequently he received intensive therapy with busulfan/melfalan and a peripheral blood stem cell transplantation enriched for CD34+ cells from his HLA-identical brother. No acute graft-versus-host disease was detected. Now, 12 months after transplant, the patient is asymptomatic.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Liver Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Liver Diseases / drug therapy
  • Liver Diseases / pathology*
  • Male
  • Multiple Myeloma / diagnosis*
  • Multiple Myeloma / drug therapy
  • Multiple Myeloma / pathology*