Pleural plasmacytomas in a patient with multiple myeloma relapse

Extramedullary plasmacytoma with pleural involvement in the setting of relapsed multiple myeloma (MM) is a rare yet serious condition, which is associated with an adverse prognosis. This report describes a patient with MM who was in complete remission but relapsed with multiple pleural plasmacytomas...

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Autores principales: Al-Ataby, Harith, Al-Tkrit, Amna, Ali, Samah, Seneviratne, Chandula, Omballi, Mohamed
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9674928/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36411823
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2022.101777
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Sumario:Extramedullary plasmacytoma with pleural involvement in the setting of relapsed multiple myeloma (MM) is a rare yet serious condition, which is associated with an adverse prognosis. This report describes a patient with MM who was in complete remission but relapsed with multiple pleural plasmacytomas. The diagnosis was established in a timely manner and the patient was started on appropriate treatment.

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