A Rare Pulmonary Manisfestation of Kahler's disease
Journal Title: Journal of Medical Research and Innovation - Year 2018, Vol 2, Issue 2
Abstract
Multiple myeloma (MM) is a neoplastic plasma-cell disease known for its infiltration of malignant plasma cells in the bone marrow accompanied by multi-organ dysfunction. The median age at diagnosis is approximately 70 years []. Less than 2% of the patients are younger than 45 years of age at diagnosis []. MM may present as a diffuse disease of the bone (myelomatosis), or may be as a single plasmacytoma of bone or as an extramedullary plasmacytoma (EMP). The very common thoracic involvement by MM is the bone involvement or infiltration of the lungs secondary to an infection. Although, the pulmonary parenchyma is quite a rare site of extra medullary involvement in MM patients, Interstitial lung disease (ILD) as a pulmonary manifestation of MM is even rarer. Only few proved cases have been reported in the literature so far. Therefore, we present a rarest case possible of a multiple myeloma presenting as ILD.
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Gaurav Baheti, Anjur Jain
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