Multiple Myeloma-Induced Hyperammonemic Encephalopathy
Ghulam Murtaza, Hannah Lu, Anadil Faqah, Nicholas Konowitz, Aneesh Kuruvilla, Sujeen Adhikari
Abstract
Multiple myeloma (MM) typically presents with hypercalcemia, renal insufficiency, anemia, and bone lesions. Elevated ammonia level manifesting as altered mental status is a rare complication in MM. We report an interesting case of hyperammonemic encephalopathy in a 73-year-old male with advanced relapsing kappa-light chain MM.
J Hematol. 2017;6(1):29-31
doi: https://doi.org/10.14740/jh322e
Keywords
Abdominal pain; Pancreatitis; Renal cell carcinoma; Pazopanib
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