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Fine‐needle aspiration biopsy of multiple myeloma in a patient with renal‐cell carcinoma: A case report
Author(s) -
Cooper Gary L.,
Shaffer Don W.,
Raval Hansa B.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
diagnostic cytopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1097-0339
pISSN - 8755-1039
DOI - 10.1002/dc.2840090516
Subject(s) - medicine , multiple myeloma , renal cell carcinoma , malignancy , biopsy , radiology , fine needle aspiration , nephrectomy , rib cage , kidney , pathology , anatomy
A case of multiple myeloma diagnosed by fine‐needle aspiration (FNA) biopsy and confirmed by laboratory studies in a patient with a history of renal‐cell carcinoma is presented. The patient was diagnosed with renal‐cell carcinoma of the right kidney and a radical nephrectomy was performed. Eighteen months after this diagnosis was made, the patient developed chest wall pain and was found to have osteolytic bone lesions of the ribs and vertebral bodies. FNA of an osteolytic rib lesion disclosed multiple myeloma. Additional laboratory studies confirmed the diagnosis of multiple myeloma. This case report demonstrates the value of FNA as a diagnostic tool for the follow‐up of cancer patients, the subsequent discrimination between metatastic lesions and a second primary malignancy, and the cytology of multiple myeloma.