Hyperammonemia: an unusual presenting feature of multiple myeloma.
Indian J Med Sci
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2005 Jan; 59(1): 24-7
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ABSTRACT
A 76 year old lady presented with altered sensorium and was found to have hyperammonemia on evaluation. She had no evidence of liver disease. For her symptomatology of backache, evaluation by bone marrow study showed evidence of multiple myeloma. She was given chemotherapy for multiple myeloma, which resulted in improvement in her sensorium, along with this there was also a rapid decline in serum ammonia levels. Hyperviscosity and hypercalcemia are common causes of altered sensorium in a patient with myeloma but in this case hyperammonemia was the likely cause.
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Hyperammonemia
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Multiple Myeloma
Language:
English
Journal:
Indian J Med Sci
Year:
2005
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Article
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