An Elderly Woman With IgA Lambda Multiple Myeloma and Kidney Disease
April 5th 2012A 92-year-old woman presented with a 6-month history of progressively worsening fatigue, weight loss, generalized bone pain, and dyspnea on exertion. A skeletal survey found lytic lesions in the pelvis, sacrum, and calvarium (shown here).
Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformation in a Woman With Severe Mitral Valve Stenosis
November 1st 2011An 86-year-old woman presented with a 1-week history of worsening dyspnea, wheezing, and orthopnea. She denied chest pain, cough, or fever. She did not smoke cigarettes. Her oxygen saturation was 86% on 2 L/min via nasal cannula.