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ArticleJournal of gastrointestinal & digestive system2016

Transjugular Liver Biopsy in a Multiple Myeloma Patient with Hepatomegaly, Portal Hypertension and "Miliary" Liver Lesions: A Case Report.

Adrian J Gonzalez-Aguirre, Oscar Lin, Christina Cho, Alexander M Lesokhin, Majid Maybody

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Article in Journal of gastrointestinal & digestive system, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 authors.

Adrian J Gonzalez-AguirreRadiology Department, Interventional Radiology Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, York Avenue, New York, NY 10065, USA.
Oscar LinPathology Department, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, York Avenue, New York, NY 10065, USA.
Christina ChoDepartment of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, York Avenue, New York, NY 10065, USA.
Alexander M LesokhinDepartment of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, York Avenue, New York, NY 10065, USA.
Majid MaybodyRadiology Department, Interventional Radiology Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, York Avenue, New York, NY 10065, USA.

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI Elisa de Stanchina · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The present report describes a 50-year-old female recently diagnosed with multiple myeloma who presented with hepatosplenomegaly, miliary-type hyper enhancing liver tumors, and esophageal varices. We performed a transjugular liver biopsy when liver biopsy was requested to evaluate the miliary-type liver lesions. This was done to lower the risk of bleeding given the patient's anemia and probable portal hypertension. This approach was successful in safely providing diagnostic samples for surgical pathology and flow cytometry to assess the nature of focal miliary liver lesions. It also proved portal hypertension.

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Liver biopsyMultiple myelomaTransjugular liver biopsy

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PMID28775913
PMCPMC5538783

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