Open AccessMyelomatous pleural effusion: A rare case entity reported from a tertiary care cancer center in South India
Author(s) -
Govind Babu,
S. Smitha,
K N Lokesh,
MC Suresh Babu,
Akkamaha Devi Patil,
Pretesh Rohan Kiran,
K C Lakshmaiah,
Lokanatha Dasappa
Publication year - 2017
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 - 10.4103/0970-2113.201318
Subject(s) - medicine , pleural effusion , plasma cell neoplasm , multiple myeloma , tertiary care , radiology , effusion , chemotherapy , cancer , surgery , plasmacytoma
Multiple myeloma (MM) is a plasma cell neoplasm and constitutes 10% of hematologic malignancies. Malignant myelomatous pleural effusions are very rare and occur in <1% of cases of MM. In this article, we report a rare case of a patient who initially presented with pleural effusion and was subsequently found to be secondary to MM with an underlying raised IgG paraprotein. The patient symptomatically improved and was in partial remission with palliative radiotherapy, VTD chemotherapy, and bisphosphonates.