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ReviewClinical rheumatology2021

Presentation of multiple myeloma occurring in the humerus after strain: a case report.

Ebru Yilmaz

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Review in Clinical rheumatology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 37% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ebru YilmazDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Kocaeli Government Hospital, Gunes Street 41300, Kocaeli, Turkey. dr.ozcanebru@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2172-2742
Kocaeli Üniversitesi · TR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multiple myeloma (MM) is a malignant tumor originating from plasma cells that synthesize immunoglobulin in an abnormal amount and invade the bone marrow. The presenting symptoms have usually been severe bone pain, osteolytic bone damage and pathologic fractures, hypercalcemia, kidney damage, compromised immune function, and anemia. The patient age is typically over 40, with the majority of the cases diagnosed between ages 50 and 70. MM occurs in hematopoietic locations with red marrows; most common locations include the vertebrae, ribs, skull, pelvis, and proximal long bones. It often has extensive bone destruction with no reactive bone formation and a large soft tissue component similar to the lesion. In the literature, the presence of pathological fracture in the humerus is generally seen as the first clinical manifestation of MM. In this report, it is presented a case with MM occurring in the right humerus after strain and presenting only shoulder pain without pathologic fracture.

Indexed as

Multiple MyelomaOsteolysisAgedHumansHumerusMiddle AgedSpineEtiology and treatmentMultiple myelomaMusculoskeletal pain

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PMID32613389
OpenAlexW3039850249

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