A rare incidence of malignant pleural effusion in multiple myeloma
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2025-03
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National Academy of Medical Sciences
Abstract
Multiple myeloma (MM) is one of the most common hematological malignancies. The incidence of pleural effusion (6%) as such is rare in patients with MM, and the incidence of myelomatous pleural effusion is even rarer (1%). The timely diagnosis of this entity is very important because these individuals have a poor overall prognosis. Diagnosis can be made by careful examination of pleural fluid cytology and can be confirmed by flow cytometry. We report a case of myelomatous pleural effusion diagnosed early and successfully managed.
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Extra-medullary disease, Malignant pleural effusion, MM, Multiple myeloma, Myeloma
Citation
Boddu R, Singh K, Saxena P, Pattanayak S, Kumar S, Mishra K.. A rare incidence of malignant pleural effusion in multiple myeloma. Annals of the National Academy of Medical Sciences (India). 2025 Mar; 61(1): 27-30