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. 2015 Mar;5(1):211–216. doi: 10.1086/679726

Table 1.

Cases of reversible pulmonary hypertension (PH) with multiple myeloma (MM) or smoldering MM (SMM)

Diagnosis date
Case Age at diagnosis, years SMM or MM PH MM type Plasma cells, % M-spike, g/dL Other PH (RVSP), mmHg
1 63 9/19/2007 2007 IgG λ 20–30 2.1 Sleep apnea, membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis 84
2 59 4/28/2003 2004 IgG κ 10 1.4 Scleromyxedema 106
3a 58 11/11/1996 1996 IgG κ 10–15 1.02 Dermatomyositis 105
4b 31 3/2003 2003 IgG λ 80 3.3 80
Note

RVSP: right ventricular systolic pressure; IgG: immunoglobulin G.

a

Previous Mayo Clinic case.

b

Italy case.