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Multiple myeloma presenting as space‐occupying lesions of the Liver
Author(s) -
Thiruvengadam Raghu,
Penetrante Remedios B.,
Goolsby Henry J.,
Silk Yusuf N.,
Bernstein Zale P.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(19900615)65:12<2784::aid-cncr2820651229>3.0.co;2-3
Subject(s) - multiple myeloma , medicine , immunoglobulin light chain , presentation (obstetrics) , plasmacytoma , pathology , radiology , immunology , antibody
Initial myeloma presentation as discrete liver nodules is unusual. A 59‐year‐old man who presented with hepatomegaly and multiple space‐occupying lesions in the liver and who was found to have a lambda light chain multiple myeloma with hepatic plasmacytomas is described and a review of liver involvement in multiple myeloma is presented.