Hyperammonemic encephalopathy in multiple myeloma
Pérez Retortillo, J.A.; Marco, F.; Amutio, E.; Conde, E.; Iriondo, A.; Zubizarreta, A.
Haematologica 83(10): 956-957
1998
ISSN/ISBN: 0390-6078 PMID: 9830811 Document Number: 486705
We report two cases of hyperammonemic encephalopathy in patients with multiple myeloma. This rare complication, whose pathophysiology remains unknown, is associated with disease progression and so with a very bad prognosis. We believe that this complication should be included in the differential diagnosis of encephalopathy occurring in multiple myeloma.