Pleural effusion as first extra-medullary clinical presentation of an occult multiple myeloma: The role of medical thoracoscopy. (2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Coppola, Antonietta; Ghinassi, Giacomo; Ciarleglio, Giuseppina; Maccari, Uberto; Salerno, Laura; Torricelli, Elena; Granese, Valentina; Valentini, Maria Lucia; Zamparelli, Alessandro Sanduzzi; Torre, Valerio; Scala, Raffaele
• Is Part Of: Respiratory medicine case reports. Volume 29(2020)
• Publication Date: 2020
• Subjects: Respiratory organs -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Chest -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Respiratory Tract Diseases -- Periodicals; Respiratory System -- Periodicals; Chest -- Diseases; Respiratory organs -- Diseases; Electronic journals; Periodicals; 616.2
• DOI: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2020.101013
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2213-0071

Abstract

Abstract: 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.