Baksh M, Li K, Jiang L, Alegria V, Sher T, Roy V, Chanan‐Khan A, Ailawadhi S, Parrondo RD, Alhaj Moustafa M. Myelomatous ascites and pleural effusion in relapsed multiple myeloma.
Clin Case Rep 2022;
10:e05329. [PMID:
35140947 PMCID:
PMC8810939 DOI:
10.1002/ccr3.5329]
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Abstract
Extramedullary multiple myeloma is seen in advanced and aggressive disease and occurs due to plasma cell infiltration of sites other than the bone marrow. Myelomatous ascites or pleural effusion is seen in less than 1% of cases and can be differentiated from infectious etiologies based on fluid cytology.
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