An 82-year-old female a diagnosed case of essential hypertension, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease under regular medications. She is being evaluated for the chronic anemia. Upon detail evaluation and investigations, she is being provisionally diagnosed to have Pulmo-Renal syndrome Rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis, anemia of chronic disease and heart failure with the preserved ejection fraction. She is also being evaluated for the multiple myeloma vs amyloidosis. She is reluctant for the bone marrow biopsy as well as renal biopsy
A detailed investigations are as follows
Vitamin B 12= 610 pg/ml
NT-Pro BNP= 22585 SPEP: hypoproteinemia and hypoalbunemia present, no M spike, increased alpha 1 globulin TB-IFG: negative Multiple myeloma panel: IgG: 1812, IgM: 217, IgA: 226, Kappa light chain: 285, lambda light chain: 178 K: L >1.6, B2 macroglobulin: 14093 Echocardiography: Moderate TR, Moderate PAH, Trace pericardial effusion EF: 75% HRCT chest: bilateral pleural effusion, atelectasis of the subsegment, patchy ground glass opacites in the lungs without any zonal predilection PBS: normocytic normochromic profile ANA- IF : positive( 1+ intensity) C3: normal, C4 normal, IPTH: 198(increased) ,EPO: 3.36( decreased) Hb: 10, corrected calcium : normal, LDH: normal RFT : Urea: 356 creatinine( 5.84) NA/K normal