A new case of IgE myeloma (Des) ending with renal failure

J Clin Lab Immunol. 1979 Nov;2(4):343-8.

Abstract

A new case of IgE myeloma (Des), a woman aged 55, is presented. The monoclonal Ig was identified as an IgE of the kappa type. The case history is detailed. Bone lesions were absent; there were up to 12% plasma cells in the peripheral blood; therapy with cytostatic drugs could not be applied because of leuco- and thrombopenia. The patient died of renal failure after having been maintained one year on steroids and transfusions. A comparison between several clinical and laboratory data of this new case, the twelfth to the author's knowledge, and those of the preceding ones, is also given.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Kidney Injury / complications*
  • Animals
  • Electrophoresis, Agar Gel
  • Female
  • Goats
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin E*
  • Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains
  • Immunoglobulin lambda-Chains
  • Middle Aged
  • Multiple Myeloma / complications
  • Multiple Myeloma / immunology*
  • Rabbits

Substances

  • Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains
  • Immunoglobulin lambda-Chains
  • Immunoglobulin E