Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding from Gastric Amyloidosis in a Patient with Smoldering Multiple Myeloma

Amyloidosis is a common complication of patients with monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS), smoldering multiple myeloma (SMM), and multiple myeloma (MM). This proteinaceous material can be deposited intercellularly in any organ system, including the gastrointestinal (GI) tract....

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Main Authors: Mihajlo Gjeorgjievski, Treta Purohit, Mitual B. Amin, Paul J. Kurtin, Mitchell S. Cappell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2015-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/320120