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REPORT OF FOUR CASES, WITH HYPERPROTEINEMIA IN TWO

EDWARD S. MILLS, M.D.; JOSEPH E. PRITCHARD, M.D.

Arch Intern Med. 1937;60(6):1069-1083.

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Four patients with multiple myeloma of the plasma cell type were studied clinically and pathologically at the Montreal General Hospital during 1934 and 1935. The occurrence of unusual features, such as hyperproteinemia in two instances and absence of Bence-Jones protein in three instances, seemed to justify publication of a detailed report. The occurrence of these four cases within a period of eighteen months was of further interest, as no other established cases were recorded during the fifteen year period from 1921 to 1936.

REPORT OF CASES

CASE 1.

—P. J., an Ethiopian aged 42, was admitted to the service of Dr. C. P. Howard on Aug. 6, 1935, complaining of weakness and pain in the lower portion of the back of three weeks' duration.

Family History.

—His family history was not remarkable, in that his parents had died of unknown causes, and his brothers . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
MONTREAL, CANADA

From the Department of Medicine and the Department of Pathology, the Montreal General Hospital.

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