Ever since Kahler described myelomatosis in I889, some 44 years after the discovery by Dr. Bence Jones of the abnormal proteinuria frequently seen in this condition, many cases have now been reported in which this disease has first presented with an unusual clinical picture. Although gastro-intestinal discomfort, nausea, vomiting and melena have been seen in cases of myelomatosis, frank intestinal obstruction, as the only clinical manifestation of this disease, does not appear to have been reported in the English In view of this and of the unusual operative findings further investigations were performed: copyright.
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