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ArticleWorld journal of radiology2019

Chest pain without a clue-ultrasound to rescue occult multiple myeloma: A case report.

Gopal Chawla, Naveen Dutt, Kunal Deokar, Virender Kumar Meena

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Article in World journal of radiology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Gopal ChawlaPulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur 342008, Rajasthan, India. dr.gopalchawla@gmail.com.
Naveen DuttPulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur 342008, Rajasthan, India.
Kunal DeokarPulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur 342008, Rajasthan, India.
Virender Kumar MeenaDepartment of Radiodiagnosis, Geetanjali Medical College and Hospital, Udaipur 342005, India.
Rabindranath Tagore Medical College · INAll India Institute of Medical Sciences Jodhpur · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundChest pain is one of the most common symptoms with which a patient presents to a doctor. Differentials include, but are not limited to, cardiac pulmonary, gastrointestinal, psychosomatic and musculoskeletal causes. In our case, ultrasound of the chest wall paved the way for the diagnosis of multiple myeloma, which occultly presented with chronic chest pain. CASE SUMMARY: Here we report a case of 50-year-old man with chronic chest pain without anemia or renal failure who was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, despite negative bence jones protein and M band electrophoresis. An ultrasound of the chest wall showed cortical irregularities along with a hypoechoic mass in the sternum and left 5

conclusionUltrasound of bone can often aid in reaching a diagnosis indirectly if not directly.

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Case reportChest painMultiple myelomaUltrasound

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