Multiple myeloma revealed by spinal cord compression and herpes zoster in a 36-year-old Cameroonian

Victor Sini; Tatuene Joseph Kamtchum; Callixte Kuate Tegueu; Vincent De Paul Djientcheu

doi:10.11604/pamj.2013.16.21.2908

The Pan African Medical Journal (Sep 2013)

Multiple myeloma revealed by spinal cord compression and herpes zoster in a 36-year-old Cameroonian

Victor Sini,
Tatuene Joseph Kamtchum,
Callixte Kuate Tegueu,
Vincent De Paul Djientcheu

Affiliations

Victor Sini: Department of neurology, Yaounde Central Hospital, Cameroon
Tatuene Joseph Kamtchum: Department of neurosurgery, Central Hospital of Yaounde, Cameroon
Callixte Kuate Tegueu: Department of neurology, Douala Laquintinie Hospital, Cameroon
Vincent De Paul Djientcheu: Department of neurosurgery, Central Hospital of Yaounde, Cameroon

DOI: https://doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2013.16.21.2908
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 16, no. 21

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Multiple myeloma is a malignant plasma cell disorder occurring mostly in people above 60 years old. The authors describe a case of multiple myeloma in a 36-year-old patient revealed by spinal cord compression and Herpes zoster with a rapidly unfavourable outcome.

Published in The Pan African Medical Journal

ISSN: 1937-8688 (Online)
Publisher: The Pan African Medical Journal
Country of publisher: Kenya
LCC subjects: Medicine
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