Pleural effusion as the first sign of multiple myeloma

Tuberkuloz ve Toraks

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 439-442

  Üskül, Bahadir Taha ^a,c   Türker, Hatice ^a   Emre Turan, Fatma ^a   Ünal Bayraktar, Özge ^a   Melikoǧlu, Alkin ^a   Tahaoǧlu, Canan ^a   Oz, Büge ^b  

^a Chest Surgery Training and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Sureyyapasa Gogus Hastaliklari ve Gogus Cerrahisi Egitim ve Arastirma Hastanesi   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Case presentation; Chemotherapy; Multiple myeloma; Myelomatous; Pleural effusion

Indexed keywords

BENCE JONES PROTEIN; DOXORUBICIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN; PREDNISOLONE; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; PLEURA BIOPSY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BENCE JONES PROTEIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; PLEURAL EFFUSION; REMISSION INDUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58149149587     PISSN: 04941373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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