Pleural mass in a young male unfolding an uncommon presentation of multiple myeloma
Multiple myeloma is a malignant proliferation of the plasma cells and can be non-secretory in about 1 to 5 % cases. Pleura based mass lesions are uncommon in myeloma. Herein we report a case of non-secretory multiple myeloma presenting with a pleura based mass in a 40 year old male. Fine needle aspi...
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| author | Purnima Bharati Prajwala Gupta Arvind Ahuja Meenakshi Bhardwaj |
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| description | Multiple myeloma is a malignant proliferation of the plasma cells and can be non-secretory in about 1 to 5 % cases. Pleura based mass lesions are uncommon in myeloma. Herein we report a case of non-secretory multiple myeloma presenting with a pleura based mass in a 40 year old male. Fine needle aspiration cytology with immunohistochemistry played a key role in the diagnosis of this case. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-540fdd3178d14a12a9322dfea817add72022-12-21T21:33:47ZengAssociation of Clinical Pathologists of NepalJournal of Pathology of Nepal2091-07972091-09082020-05-011011683168610.3126/jpn.v10i1.2671926719Pleural mass in a young male unfolding an uncommon presentation of multiple myelomaPurnima Bharati0Prajwala Gupta1Arvind Ahuja2Meenakshi Bhardwaj3PGIMER & Dr. RML Hospital, New Delhi, IndiaPGIMER & Dr. RML Hospital, New Delhi, IndiaPGIMER & Dr. RML Hospital, New Delhi, IndiaPGIMER & Dr. RML Hospital, New Delhi, IndiaMultiple myeloma is a malignant proliferation of the plasma cells and can be non-secretory in about 1 to 5 % cases. Pleura based mass lesions are uncommon in myeloma. Herein we report a case of non-secretory multiple myeloma presenting with a pleura based mass in a 40 year old male. Fine needle aspiration cytology with immunohistochemistry played a key role in the diagnosis of this case.https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/JPN/article/view/26719fnacimmunocytochemistrymultiple myelomanonsecretorypleural mass |
| spellingShingle | Purnima Bharati Prajwala Gupta Arvind Ahuja Meenakshi Bhardwaj Pleural mass in a young male unfolding an uncommon presentation of multiple myeloma Journal of Pathology of Nepal fnac immunocytochemistry multiple myeloma nonsecretory pleural mass |
| title | Pleural mass in a young male unfolding an uncommon presentation of multiple myeloma |
| title_full | Pleural mass in a young male unfolding an uncommon presentation of multiple myeloma |
| title_fullStr | Pleural mass in a young male unfolding an uncommon presentation of multiple myeloma |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pleural mass in a young male unfolding an uncommon presentation of multiple myeloma |
| title_short | Pleural mass in a young male unfolding an uncommon presentation of multiple myeloma |
| title_sort | pleural mass in a young male unfolding an uncommon presentation of multiple myeloma |
| topic | fnac immunocytochemistry multiple myeloma nonsecretory pleural mass |
| url | https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/JPN/article/view/26719 |
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