Open AccessMyelomatous pleural effusion ‐ Thoracoscopic evaluation of a rare entity
Author(s) -
Chetan B Patil,
Neeraj Gupta,
Rakesh Gupta,
Ramakant Dixit,
Ankur Gupta,
Varna Indushekar
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
lung india
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-598X
pISSN - 0970-2113
DOI - 10.4103/0970-2113.164176
Subject(s) - medicine , multiple myeloma , pleural effusion , thoracoscopy , plasma cell neoplasm , complication , bone marrow , plasma cell , effusion , malignant pleural effusion , pathology , radiology , surgery , plasmacytoma
Multiple myeloma is a malignant neoplasm of plasma cell origin that mainly affects bone marrow and skeletal system, producing large amount of light chain immunoglobulins. Pleural involvement in multiple myeloma is a rare complication which carries very poor prognosis. We report a case of multiple myeloma who presented with recurrent pleural effusion that was evaluated by means of thoracoscopy.