title: Multiple myeloma in a 25-year-old woman.
abstract: A 25-year-old woman with acute knee pain and a lytic area in the proximal femur was diagnosed as having multiple myeloma (MM). This case is one of only eight in patients younger than aged 30 years to meet modern diagnostic criteria for MM. Failure to consider MM in young individuals precludes early diagnosis and valuable time for treatment.
authors.affiliation: University of Kansas School of Medicine.
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Badwey
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Eyster
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Cannon
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005266:Femoral Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000532:radiotherapy; D005598:Fractures, Spontaneous / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D010954:Plasmacytoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000532:radiotherapy; D011859:Radiography