ANALYSIS OF MISDIAGNOSIS OF 48 CASES OF MULTIPLE MYELOMA
- VernacularTitle:多发性骨髓瘤48例误诊分析
- Author:
Wuji WANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
multiple myeloma;
misdiagnosis
- From:
Journal of Xi'an Jiaotong University(Medical Sciences)
1982;0(01):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
48 patients with multiple myeloma (MM) had been misdiagnosed as disorders of bone, the kedney, the liver and the hemapoietic or the nervous system. The misdiagnosis rate was 66.7%. An analysis suggests that MM should be suspected if a patient who is over 40 years of age has any of the following conditions: progressive bone pain, unexplained anemia, rouleaux-formation, a great increase in ESR, hyperglobulinemia of unknown cause, repeated infection, persistent proteinuria, renal failure with no hypertension, skeletal tumor of flat bones, spinal cord compression, radiculopathy, etc. further studies must then be done to deride whether the patient is suffered from MM or not.
