• Title of article

    Sensorineural Hearing Loss as a First Presentation of Multiple Myeloma: A Successful Management with Therapeutic Plasma Exchange

  • Author/Authors

    Daraei ، Morteza Department of Internal Medicine - Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex - Tehran University of Medical Sciences , Khajeh-Mehrizi ، Ahmad Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology - Cancer Institute, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex - Tehran University of Medical Sciences , Amirzargar ، Behrooz Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery - Otorhinolaryngology Research Center, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex - Tehran University of Medical Sciences , Ameli ، Fereshteh Department of Pathology - Cancer Institute, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex - Tehran University of Medical Sciences , Zeinalkhani ، Fahimeh Advanced Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Research Center (ADIR), Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex - Tehran University of Medical Sciences

  • From page
    125
  • To page
    132
  • Abstract
    Sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) as the initial manifestation of multiple myeloma (MM) is rare. We present a 45-year-old woman with hyperviscosity syndrome (serum viscosity of 10.2 cP) from MM who presented with hearing disturbance that responded dramatically to plasma exchange with saline and intratympanic steroid treatment. Serum protein electrophoresis confirmed the presence of a monoclonal band, and bone marrow biopsy showed a hypercellular marrow with 90% plasma cells, which demonstrated lambda monoclonal restriction.
  • Keywords
    Sensorineural hearing Loss , Viscosity , Multiple myeloma , Plasma exchange
  • Journal title
    Case Reports in Clinical Practice
  • Journal title
    Case Reports in Clinical Practice
  • Record number

    2765270