Kahler’s Disease

Other Known Aliases – MacIntyre Syndrome

Definition – Multiple Myeloma

Clinical Significance – None

History – Given to Dr. Otto Kahler (1849-1893), who was a Austrian physician and Professor of Medicine at the German University in Prague.  Although he is the namesake for this condition, William MacIntyre (1791-1857) first described multiple myeloma in 1850.

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