[Juvenile multiple myeloma. A Nigerian case].

Presse Med

Service de Médecine interne, Hôpital national, Niamey, Niger.

Published: October 1988

One case of juvenile multiple myeloma of the IgG-kappa type, with lytic lesions of the skull, is reported in a 14-year old Nigerian Fulani girl. The outcome was rapidly fatal. This disease is extremely rare: only 2 other documented cases (2 girls aged 13 and 12) have been found in the literature, under the age of 15.

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