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Myelomatous Malignant Pleural Effusion: A Rare Case Report Cover

Myelomatous Malignant Pleural Effusion: A Rare Case Report

Pneumologia
Volume 71 (2022): Issue 4 (December 2022)
By: Shirin Jamshidi,  Farzaneh Akbari,  Parisa Vedad,  Fariba Rezaeetalab and  Seyedeh Zahra Banihashemian  
Open Access
|May 2024

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Figure 1.

Chest X-ray, right massive pleural effusion.
Chest X-ray, right massive pleural effusion.

Figure 2.

CT of the thorax showed unilateral sided pleural effusions in the right side.
CT of the thorax showed unilateral sided pleural effusions in the right side.

Figure 3.

Pleural fluid smear shows plasmacytoid cells with abundant cytoplasm and eccentric nuclei.there are some inflammatory cells in the background.
Pleural fluid smear shows plasmacytoid cells with abundant cytoplasm and eccentric nuclei.there are some inflammatory cells in the background.

Figure 4.

Cell block sections reveal numerous plasmacytoid cells with abundant cytoplasm and eccentric nuclei.
Cell block sections reveal numerous plasmacytoid cells with abundant cytoplasm and eccentric nuclei.

Figure 5.

Calretinin is negative in most plasmacytoid cells.
Calretinin is negative in most plasmacytoid cells.

Figure 6.

Immunohistochemical staining is negative for lambda light chain in most plasma cells.
Immunohistochemical staining is negative for lambda light chain in most plasma cells.

Figure 7.

Immunohistochemical staining shows diffuse cytoplasmic kappa light chain positivity in plasma cells.
Immunohistochemical staining shows diffuse cytoplasmic kappa light chain positivity in plasma cells.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pneum-2023-0040 | Journal eISSN: 2247-059X | Journal ISSN: 2067-2993
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Language: English
Page range: 154 - 158
Published on: May 2, 2024
Published by: Romanian Society of Pneumology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: Volume open
Keywords:
Multiple myeloma,
Pleural,
effusion
Related subjects:
Medicine,
Clinical medicine,
Clinical medicine, other,
Internal medicine,
Pneumology

© 2024 Shirin Jamshidi, Farzaneh Akbari, Parisa Vedad, Fariba Rezaeetalab, Seyedeh Zahra Banihashemian, published by Romanian Society of Pneumology
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