Multiple myeloma presenting initially with pleural effusion and a unique paraspinal tumor in the thorax

Internal Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 1917-1920

  Yokoyama, Toshinobu ^a   Tanaka, Atutoshi ^a   Kato, Seiya ^b   Aizawa, Hisamichi ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

ADA; IgD; Myeloma; Myeloma ascites; Myelomatous pleural effusion

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN D; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL TUMOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BONE TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOLOGY; DEATH; DETERIORATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPNEA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYELOMA CELL; PALPATION; PLEURA BIOPSY; PLEURA EFFUSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPINE TUMOR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PLEURAL EFFUSION; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; THORAX;

EID: 56349108500     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.47.1296     Document Type: Article

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