Renal transplantation in multiple myeloma. A case report.
A patient with plasma cell myeloma presented in severe renal failure but was otherwise considered a good risk candidate for chemotherapy. Supported by hemodialysis she received intensive cyclophosphamide chemotherapy, resulting in a stabilization of all overt manifestations of her disease except for the renal failure. After 11 1/2 months of follow-up without showing any further progression of the myeloma process, she received a successful cadaveric renal transplant, which functioned well until the time of her death 15 months later. No evidence of recurrent myeloma kidney disease was found at postmortem examination.
D001536:Bence Jones Protein / Q000652:urine; D002102:Cadaver; D003404:Creatinine / Q000097:blood; D003520:Cyclophosphamide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006084:Graft Rejection; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000209:etiology; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008875:Middle Aged; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous
D003520:Cyclophosphamide; D001536:Bence Jones Protein; D003404:Creatinine