Manish R Balwani, Manoj R Gumber, Pankaj R Shah, Vivek B Kute, Himanshu V Patel, Divyesh P Engineer, Dinesh N Gera, Umesh Godhani, Rajesh Singh Gautam, Hargovind L Trivedi
Introduction: The kidneys are involved in significant number of patients with multiple myeloma (MM) who can present with acute or chronic renal failure, nephritic syndrome, non-nephrotic proteinuria or tubular function defects. Objectives: To assess the clinical profile of kidney involvement preceding diagnosis of multiple myeloma Patients and Methods: Renal involvement in 29 cases with MM admitted over an 18-month period to our tertiary care center was retrospectively examined. Diagnosis of MM was confirmed by two or more of the following four features: lytic bone lesions, serum or urine monoclonal peak, Bence-Jones proteinuria, and greater than 20% plasma cells in bone marrow...
2016: Journal of Nephropharmacology