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Multiple myeloma with amyloidosis presenting with recurrent gastrointestinal bleeding
Jose Filipe Alvares1, Joseph Thomas, K Ramakrishna
1Department of Gastroenterology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal. afilipe@vsnl.com
Abstract:
We report a 45-year-old woman who presented with hematemesis. Endoscopy showed nodular lesions and ulcers in the gastric antrum; histology of the lesions showed amyloidosis. The patient had received melphalan and prednisolone for multiple myeloma 5 years earlier.