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Query: UMLS:C0026764 (
multiple myeloma
)
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document(s) hit in 31,850,051 MEDLINE articles (0.00 seconds)
Pleural involvement secondary to
Multiple Myeloma
is considered a very rare complication. According to the literature only 1% of these patients develop a myelomatous pleural effusion. We present a case of a 39 year old man with
multiple myeloma
diagnosed six years prior to our evaluation, which developed progressive dyspnea, dry cough and right
pleuritic chest pain
two weeks prior to admission. On physical examination the patient had decreased breath sounds over the right posterior hemithorax accompanied by dullness to percussion. The chest radiogram was consistent with a right sided pleural effusion. Pleural fluid analysis revealed the presence of abundant abnormal plasma cells. The patient died four weeks after hospitalization. The presence of myelomatous pleural effusion is considered to be a poor prognostic finding, no matter at what disease stage it develops. So far no definite treatment has been shown to improve survival.
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PMID:A hematologic condition expressed as a lung disease. 2435 22
