Open AccessChest pain without a clue-ultrasound to rescue occult multiple myeloma: A case report
Author(s) -
Gopal Chawla,
Naveen Dutt,
Kunal Deokar,
Virender Kumar Meena
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
world journal of radiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1949-8470
DOI - 10.4329/wjr.v11.i12.144
Subject(s) - medicine , occult , sternum , chest pain , radiology , multiple myeloma , ultrasound , bence jones protein , hip pain , surgery , pathology , immunoglobulin light chain , alternative medicine , antibody , immunology
Chest pain is one of the most common symptoms with which a patient presents to a doctor. Differentials include, but are not limited to, cardiac pulmonary, gastrointestinal, psychosomatic and musculoskeletal causes. In our case, ultrasound of the chest wall paved the way for the diagnosis of multiple myeloma, which occultly presented with chronic chest pain.