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Pneumococcal bacteremia as the initial presentation of multiple myeloma – a cas...
Cesário, Vera; Montalvão, Ana; Loff, Bernardo; Monteverde, CarlosMultiple Myeloma (MM) accounts for approximately one percent of all cancers and is characterized by the neoplastic proliferation of a single clone of plasma cells producing a monoclonal immunoglobulin. Clinical features are anemia, bone pain, renal failure and hypercalcemia. Rarely, a bacterial infection is the initial presentation of this disease. We report a case in which bacteremia caused by Streptococcus pn...
β-Thalassemia and Lymphoma: coincidence or association? – a clinical report
Cesário, Vera; Montalvão, Ana; Loff, Bernardo; Monteverde, Carlosβ-Thalassemia is one of the most common hemoglobinopathies in the world, characterized by the absence or decrease on the β-hemoglobin chain production. The coexistence of β-Thalassemia and lymphoma is rare, but it has been reported in the literature, associated with better treatment approaches of β-Thalassemia major. In this article, it is reported a case of β-Thalassemia minor presented with non-Hodgkin lympho...