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[Retroperitoneal fibrosis and multiple myeloma: fortuitous association?]
I Sinapi1, J Caers, T Connerotte
1Service de médecine interne générale, cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, université catholique de Louvain, avenue Hippocrate, 1200 Bruxelles, Belgique.
La Revue De Medecine Interne
|April 3, 2010
Abstract:
We report a 59-year-old man presenting with retroperitoneal fibrosis (RF) associated with IgG lambda multiple myeloma. Recent clinical and immunohistochemical findings suggest that RF might be a particular expression of plasma cell/lymphoid dyscrasia, and that this association is not merely fortuitous. We review the pathophysiological evidence supporting this hypothesis.