Publication Type : Journal Article
Thematic Areas : Medical Sciences
Publisher : Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology
Source : Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology, Volume 6, Number 4, p.256-259 (2010)
Keywords : aged, Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols, article, bedtime dosage, case report, computer assisted tomography, cytodiagnosis, dexamethasone, Diagnosis, Differential, eosinophilia, human, human cell, human tissue, Humans, laboratory test, lymph node biopsy, male, multiple myeloma, physical examination, pleura effusion, Pleural Effusion, priority journal, Prognosis, thalidomide, thorax radiography, Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Campus : Kochi
School : School of Medicine
Department : Medical Oncology
Year : 2010
Abstract : An elderly man, with no comorbidity, presented with rapidly accumulating left pleural effusion. He also had generalized adenopathy. Pleural fluid cytology showed exudative pleural effusion with eosinophilia. Supraclavicular lymph node biopsy was reported as amyloid. On further investigation he was found to have kappa-light chain multiple myeloma. The final diagnosis was eosinophilic pleural effusion in a patient with multiple myeloma. © 2010 Blackwell Publishing Asia Pty Ltd.
Cite this Research Publication : A. Aa Mehta, Venkatakrishnan, Ra, Jose, Wb, Palaniappan, Mb, and Pavithran, Kb, “Multiple myeloma presenting as eosinophilic pleural effusion”, Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology, vol. 6, pp. 256-259, 2010.