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摘要
In this case report we overview the diagnostic and therapeutic approaches for pleural effusions encountered during the treatment and follow-up of patients with myeloma in the light of the current medical literature. A 73-year-old female patient with a stage IIIA multiple myeloma was being treated with melphalan and methyl prednisolone. In the third month of the treatment, she had complaints of coughing, dyspnea and right side pain. Computed tomographic examination of the thorax revealed pleural effusion. Pathological examinations of the pleural fluid and pleural biopsy specimen were compatible with adenocarcinoma. Repeated examinations did not reveal a progression in myeloma or a pleural involvement of myeloma. The patient died of respiratory insufficiency due to the progression of the pleural adenocarcinoma.
- 出版日期2011
