Multiple myeloma with scleroderma‐like changes

• Published in: Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology Vol. 19; no. 4; pp. 500 - 502
• Main Authors: Paredes‐Suárez, C, Fernández‐Redondo, V, Blanco, M Vázquez, Sánchez‐Aguilar, D, Toribio, J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Science Ltd 01.07.2005
• Subjects: Abdomen; Aged; Back; Diagnosis, Differential; Fatal Outcome; generalized pruritus; Humans; Male; multiple myeloma; Multiple Myeloma - diagnosis; Multiple Myeloma - pathology; renal crisis; Scleroderma, Diffuse - diagnosis; Scleroderma, Diffuse - pathology; scleroderma‐like changes; Upper Extremity

ABSTRACT We present a case of a patient who presented concomitantly with generalized pruritus, brownish sclerodermatous plaques, sclerodactyly and a monoclonal band for IgG‐kappa. The patient was diagnosed as having multiple myeloma by bone marrow examination. The rapidly progressive evolution with...