Bilateral eyelid ecchymoses and corneal crystals: An unusual presentation of multiple myeloma

Cornea

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 757-758

  Goldstein, Debra A ^a   Schteingart, Miriam T ^a   Birnbaum, Andrea D ^a   Tessler, Howard H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Corneal crystals; Eyelid ecchymoses; Multiple myeloma

Indexed keywords

BENCE JONES PROTEIN; CORNEA CRYSTAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORNEA DISEASE; ECCHYMOSIS; HUMAN; LIGHT CHAIN; MALE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; PLASMACYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLIT LAMP; URINALYSIS;

AMYLOIDOSIS; BENCE JONES PROTEIN; CORNEAL DISEASES; CRYSTALLIZATION; ECCHYMOSIS; EYELID DISEASES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA-CHAINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE MYELOMA;

EID: 23044470818     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000154381.13237.a3     Document Type: Article

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