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Gastrointestinal Amyloidosis and Multiple Myeloma

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  1. University of Damascus Faculty of Medicine, Damascus, Syria

    Fares Alahdab MD

  2. Mayo Clinic, 1919 3rd AVE NE, APT 2., Rochester, MN, 55906, USA

    Fares Alahdab MD

  3. University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA

    Shreyas Saligram MD, MRCP

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Duodenal (D2) biopsy consistent with a positive Congo red stain (denoted by white arrows). (GIF 84 kb)

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Bone marrow biopsy demonstrating plasma cells (white arrows), confirming the diagnosis of multiple myeloma. (GIF 94 kb)

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Alahdab, F., Saligram, S. Gastrointestinal Amyloidosis and Multiple Myeloma. J GEN INTERN MED 30, 261–262 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-014-2897-7

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