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Crystal nephropathy: a variant form of myeloma kidney--a case report and review of the literature.
Clinical nephrology - 1 Nov 2001
Kanno Y, Okada H, Nemoto H, Sugahara S, Nakamoto H, Suzuki H
Abstract excerpt
Cast nephropathy is the most common form of myeloma kidney, and also one of the major determinants of a patient's prognosis. We experienced a case of multiple myeloma with acute renal failure that was associated with massive crystal deposition in kidney and bone marrow. Large crystal formation in myeloma kidney is a rare pathological finding in renal biopsies. In the literature, most of the cases with multiple...
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