ArticleCureus2021
Left Lower Abdominal Pain as an Initial Symptom of Multiple Myeloma.
Article in Cureus, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.
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- Unmasking Multiple Myeloma: The Importance of Suspecting Malignancy in Atypical Chronic Pain Mimicking Degenerative Conditions-A Case Report.Clinical case reports · 2025Article
- Unusual biclonal IgA plasma cell myeloma with aberrant expression of high-risk immunophenotypes: first report of a new diagnostic and clinical challenge.Journal of pathology and translational medicine · 2023Article
- Right-Sided Urinary Extravasation Caused by a Ureteral Stone and Associated With Peritonitis in an Older Woman.Cureus · 2023Article
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Abstract
Multiple myeloma can present with various general symptoms such as fever, fatigue, and night sweats. Bone pain can occur in the pelvic and vertebral bones. However, there are a few reports of abdominal pain as an initial symptom of multiple myeloma. Here, we report the case of a 73-year-old male patient with a chief complaint of acute left lower abdominal pain. The abdominal physical findings were unremarkable. The pain was considered as referred pain, but there was no pain in response to a knock on the back. Further investigation using enhanced abdominal CT revealed a lesion in the left vertebral arch of the 10th thoracic vertebra. Bone marrow biopsy led to a diagnosis of IgA-type multiple myeloma. This case shows that abdominal pain could indicate vertebral lesions, and even without back pain, the condition of the vertebral arches should be investigated.
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