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International Journal of Hematology
Published in: International Journal of Hematology 6/2015

01-06-2015 | Images in Hematology

Gastric invasion of multiple myeloma presenting as gastrointestinal bleeding

Authors: Kei Nakajima, Yuki Sueki, Megumi Koshiishi, Ichiro Kawashima, Yumi Nozaki, Toru Mitsumori, Keita Kirito

Published in: International Journal of Hematology | Issue 6/2015

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A 62-year-old woman was hospitalized because of melena. She had been diagnosed with Bence Jones κ-type multiple myeloma (MM) 7 years prior. At the diagnosis of multiple myeloma, chromosome analysis of bone marrow cells revealed the karyotype abnormality 46, XX, t(7;8)(q32;q13) in one of 20 cells analyzed. …
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Metadata
Title
Gastric invasion of multiple myeloma presenting as gastrointestinal bleeding
Authors
Kei Nakajima
Yuki Sueki
Megumi Koshiishi
Ichiro Kawashima
Yumi Nozaki
Toru Mitsumori
Keita Kirito
Publication date
01-06-2015
Publisher
Springer Japan
Published in
International Journal of Hematology / Issue 6/2015
Print ISSN: 0925-5710
Electronic ISSN: 1865-3774
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12185-015-1800-6

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