Plasma cell myeloma in a tertiary centre in Niger delta region of Nigeria: Clinicoimmunologic Analysis
Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences. 2007; 23 (1): 27-32
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ABSTRACT
To determine the incidence and pattern of presentation of patients with multiple myeloma [MM] in a tertiary health center in Edo state, Niger Delta region of Nigeria noted for its petrochemical industries and gas flare sites. A retrospective study of 30 cases of MM from 1992 to 2004. University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Nigeria. Clinicoimmunologic information in addition to autopsy findings was obtained from case-files. Diagnosis was established according to the standard definition and staged according to the Durie-Salmon clinical staging system. Advanced stages of the disease [II-III] and performance status scale of 2-4 with pathological fractures were the main form of presentation. Overall median survival was three months [P<0.0001] with 33.3% of the patients surviving at 12 months and 13.3% at 24 months. Bone pains and anaemia with pathological fractures were the commonest characteristic features with a short three months median survival rate
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Índice:
IMEMR (Mediterraneo Oriental)
Asunto principal:
Estudios Retrospectivos
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Mieloma Múltiple
Límite:
Femenino
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Humanos
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Masculino
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
Pak. J. Med. Sci.
Año:
2007
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