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Despite their clinical significance, comprehensive systematic histopathological studies, characterizing multiorgan involvement and lesion severity are remarkably scarce. This study includes 24 autopsies (of 18 women and six men; median age\u201468 years) with MM-AL. Immunohistochemical (IHC) typing was performed with an expanded antibody panel targeting the amyloid precursor protein; anti-human CD138 antibody was used to identify plasma cells in bone marrow sections. Clinical diagnosis of MM with monoclonal G-lambda secretion, Durie\u2013Salmon Stages II\u2013III, was established in 17 (71%) patients; MM with monoclonal G-kappa secretion, Stage III, in five (21%); and non-secreting MM in two (8%). Systemic amyloidosis was revealed during life in only 15 (62.5%) patients. In all cases, extensive amyloid deposits were observed in the myocardium, lungs and kidneys, establishing the morphological basis for multiorgan failure. IHC typing of amyloids confirmed 18 (75%) cases of AL-lambda amyloidosis and six (25%) of AL-kappa amyloidosis. Our results clarify MM-AL morphogenesis and underscore that AL is frequently underdiagnosed in MM patients. 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