Psychiatric complications of multiple myeloma.
Multiple myeloma is an uncommon cancer, but of eight patients with multiple myeloma admitted to a general hospital over 5 months, five had psychiatric illness, and four of the five had delirium. Consulting psychiatrists should be aware of the common occurrence of impaired cognition in patients with multiple myeloma.
D000368:Aged; D003693:Delirium / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology