Nonsecretory Multiple Myeloma and AL Amyloidosis Presenting with Nephrotic Range Proteinuria

2015
Nonsecretory multiple myeloma(NSMM) is the absence of a detectable monoclonalprotein in serum and urine of a multiple myeloma(MM) patient and immunoglobulin light chain( AL) amyloidosisis a significantly rare complication. A case of NSMM with AL amyloidosisand nephrotic range proteinuria is presented. Sharing clinical, therapeutic, and prognostic characteristics with MM, real challenge may be during initial diagnosis of NSMM and assessment of treatment response. In elderly patients with unexplained renal dysfunction, MM should be in the differential diagnosis and the absence of a monoclonalprotein should not rule out MM but should remind us of the possibility of NSMM.
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