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A 54 year old female is admitted with rib pain and constipation. She has been feeling tired for 6 weeks. On assessment she is pale. Her bloods demonstrate pancytopenia, a serum creatinine of 210 μmol/L and adjusted calcium of 3.10 mmol/L. A monoclonal paraprotein is detected in her blood.
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Fairweather, J., Findlay, M., Isles, C. (2020). Myeloma and the Kidney. In: Clinical Companion in Nephrology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38320-6_15
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