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18981637

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
21
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-11-4
pubmed:abstractText
We herein report an extremely rare case of a patient with IgD-lambda positive multiple myeloma presenting with myelomatous pleural effusion and ascites. A 58-year-old man visited our hospital with dyspnea as his initial symptom. His chest radiograph findings on admission revealed a left pleural effusion, and later, bilateral involvement. Computed tomography (CT) of the chest showed a paraspinal tumor with extension from the upper mediastinum to the abdomen. The cytological examination demonstrated myeloma cells in the pleural effusion and ascites, and histologically, in the pleura, an abdominal subcutaneous tumor and bone was observed. The pleural effusion was an exudate and slightly bloody. The ADA was 70 IU/L. Pleural effusion accompanying myeloma or primary pleural myeloma is very rare and, furthermore, the extremely rare findings of both myeloma cells in the ascites (although the ascites was mainly caused by liver cirrhosis) and a high ADA activity in the pleural fluid were also observed in this case.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1349-7235
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
47
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1917-20
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Multiple myeloma presenting initially with pleural effusion and a unique paraspinal tumor in the thorax.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, Division of Respirology, Neurology and Rheumatology, Kurume University School of Medicine. mactoshiman@yahoo.co.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports