TY - JOUR
T1 - Cold agglutinin disease secondary to multiple myeloma in a psoriatic patient
AU - Khatun, Hazera
AU - Afrose, Salma
AU - Khan, Mohiuddin Ahmed
AU - Ara, Tasneem
AU - Islam, Md Sirajul
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014, Bangladesh Society of Medicine. All rights reserved.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Cold agglutinin disease (CAD) is a chronic compensated hemolytic anemia. We report a case of cold agglutinin disease secondary to multiple myeloma (MM) in a patient of erythrodermic psoriasis. The patient presented with acral cyanosis, progressive weakness and generalized desquamating scaly lesions. After confirming the diagnosis (80-90% plasma cells in bone marrow, M-spike in serum protein electrophoresis, G-λ restriction pattern in immune electrophoresis) he was given chemotherapy with CTD (cyclophosphamide, thalidomide and dexamethasone) protocol. His clinical symptoms improved and he has now completed 4 cycles of chemotherapy. The interim follow up showed achievement of PR (partial response).
AB - Cold agglutinin disease (CAD) is a chronic compensated hemolytic anemia. We report a case of cold agglutinin disease secondary to multiple myeloma (MM) in a patient of erythrodermic psoriasis. The patient presented with acral cyanosis, progressive weakness and generalized desquamating scaly lesions. After confirming the diagnosis (80-90% plasma cells in bone marrow, M-spike in serum protein electrophoresis, G-λ restriction pattern in immune electrophoresis) he was given chemotherapy with CTD (cyclophosphamide, thalidomide and dexamethasone) protocol. His clinical symptoms improved and he has now completed 4 cycles of chemotherapy. The interim follow up showed achievement of PR (partial response).
KW - Cold agglutinin disease
KW - Multiple myeloma
KW - Psoriasis
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84925057558&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3329/jom.v15i2.20688
DO - 10.3329/jom.v15i2.20688
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84925057558
SN - 1997-9797
VL - 15
SP - 141
EP - 143
JO - Journal of Medicine (Bangladesh)
JF - Journal of Medicine (Bangladesh)
IS - 2
ER -