Pleural effusion as first extra-medullary clinical presentation of an occult multiple myeloma: The role of medical thoracoscopy.
Journal
Respiratory medicine case reports
ISSN: 2213-0071
Titre abrégé: Respir Med Case Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101604463
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2020
2020
Historique:
received:
19
01
2020
revised:
27
01
2020
accepted:
31
01
2020
entrez:
20
2
2020
pubmed:
20
2
2020
medline:
20
2
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Multiple myeloma is a malignant neoplasm of plasma cells that usually invades the bone marrow replacing normal bone marrow and producing large amounts of light chains of immunoglobulins (Ig) [1]. Clinical manifestations are related to the accumulation of these proteins in vital organs such as kidney and heart. Pleural effusion may be a sign of chest involvement that occurs in approximately 6% of patients with Known multiple myeloma [2,3]. We present the case of an 80-year- old man with pleural effusion as first extra-medullary clinical presentation of an occult multiple myeloma.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32071852
doi: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2020.101013
pii: S2213-0071(19)30406-X
pii: 101013
pmc: PMC7013170
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Pagination
101013Informations de copyright
© 2020 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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