Diagnosed multiple myeloma in a young woman: a case report

Introduction: Multiple myeloma is a malignant plasma cell neoplasm, accounting for 1% of all cancers, is a disease of predominance in older adults, with a median age at diagnosis between 65–74 years and only 2% of patients are under 40 years of age. with this case we provide unusual scientific evidence due to epidemiological data of the age of presentation of the pathology, being very interesting for the medical literature as well as other characteristics. Case report: 38-year-old woman, with symptoms of 6 months of evolution that began with bilateral perimalleolar edema, subsequent progressive increase in symptoms until they manifested in genitalia, abdomen and face, attended a specialized evaluation with initial creatinine: 0.75 mg / dl and subsequent control of 4.8 mg / dl, with complementary results that report protein electrophoresis with monoclonal peak in gamma globulins, benze jones proteins: positive, bone marrow with presence of plasma cells in 30% and positive lambda chains, it is diagnosed multiple myeloma, initiating management with cyclophosphamide, bortezomib, and dexamethasone. Conclusion: In this disease survival time may improve depending on the opportunity for early diagnosis and intervention, in young patients and women it is rare to make this type of finding, so it is interesting to make it known to the scientific community, to encourage the search in these population groups.