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ArticleRespiratory medicine case reports2020

Pleural effusion as first extra-medullary clinical presentation of an occult multiple myeloma: The role of medical thoracoscopy.

Antonietta Coppola, Giacomo Ghinassi, Giuseppina Ciarleglio, Uberto Maccari, Laura Salerno, Elena Torricelli, Valentina Granese, Maria Lucia Valentini, Alessandro Sanduzzi Zamparelli, Valerio Torre and 1 more

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Article in Respiratory medicine case reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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11 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Antonietta CoppolaRespiratory Unit, Federico II University, Naples, Italy.
Giacomo GhinassiPulmonology and RICU, S Donato Hospital, Arezzo, Italy.
Giuseppina CiarleglioPulmonology and RICU, S Donato Hospital, Arezzo, Italy.
Uberto MaccariPulmonology and RICU, S Donato Hospital, Arezzo, Italy.
Laura SalernoPulmonology and RICU, S Donato Hospital, Arezzo, Italy.
Elena TorricelliPulmonology and RICU, S Donato Hospital, Arezzo, Italy.
Valentina GranesePulmonology and RICU, S Donato Hospital, Arezzo, Italy.
Maria Lucia ValentiniPulmonology and RICU, S Donato Hospital, Arezzo, Italy.
Alessandro Sanduzzi ZamparelliRespiratory Unit, Federico II University, Naples, Italy.
Valerio TorrePathology, S Donato Hospital, Arezzo, Italy.
Raffaele ScalaPulmonology and RICU, S Donato Hospital, Arezzo, Italy.
Ospedale San Donato · ITFederico II University Hospital · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multiple myeloma is a malignant neoplasm of plasma cells that usually invades the bone marrow replacing normal bone marrow and producing large amounts of light chains of immunoglobulins (Ig) [1]. Clinical manifestations are related to the accumulation of these proteins in vital organs such as kidney and heart. Pleural effusion may be a sign of chest involvement that occurs in approximately 6% of patients with Known multiple myeloma [2,3]. We present the case of an 80-year- old man with pleural effusion as first extra-medullary clinical presentation of an occult multiple myeloma.

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