Amjad Mohammad Asim, Hamid Zamara, Ramakrishna Srinivasarao, Frank Renee, Ochieng Pius
Internal Medicine, The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education, Scranton, USA.
Internal Medicine, Shifa International Hospital, Islamabad, PAK.
Cureus. 2022 Jun 17;14(6):e26045. doi: 10.7759/cureus.26045. eCollection 2022 Jun.
Various factors can cause pleural effusion in multiple myeloma patients. Myelomatous pleural effusion (MPE) is an uncommon but potentially life-threatening complication of multiple myeloma with a poor prognosis. After ruling out all other probable causes, the present case reports MPE in a patient with IgG kappa multiple myeloma.
多种因素可导致多发性骨髓瘤患者出现胸腔积液。骨髓瘤性胸腔积液(MPE)是多发性骨髓瘤一种罕见但可能危及生命的并发症,预后较差。在排除所有其他可能原因后,本病例报告了一例IgG κ型多发性骨髓瘤患者出现MPE的情况。