Open AccessA Rare Case of Multiple Myeloma Presenting As Lytic Lesion of the Rib
Author(s) -
Dhruva Sharma,
Vivek Rawat,
Rajkumar Yadav
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2016/17505.7471
Subject(s) - medicine , lesion , multiple myeloma , thorax (insect anatomy) , plasmacytoma , biopsy , lytic cycle , soft tissue , radiology , rib cage , thoracic wall , pathology , anatomy , virus , virology
Multiple Myeloma (MM) is a disease which results from malignant proliferation of plasma cells. It is commonly encountered in elderly patients. Diffuse bony lesions are the most frequent thoracic involvement with MM. We report a case of 42-year-old male patient who came with pain and full swelling in the right chest wall since two years. On CT scan of thorax, heterogenously enhancing soft tissue density lesion with lytic sclerotic destruction of right 4(th) rib seen. En-bloc resection of third and fourth rib was done and plasmacytoma was confirmed on biopsy.