title: Multiple myeloma presenting as space-occupying lesions of the liver.
abstract: Initial myeloma presentation as discrete liver nodules is unusual. A 59-year-old man who presented with hepatomegaly and multiple space-occupying lesions in the liver and who was found to have a lambda light chain multiple myeloma with hepatic plasmacytomas is described and a review of liver involvement in multiple myeloma is presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematologic Oncology, Roswell Park Memorial Institute, Buffalo, New York 14263.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Thiruvengadam
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Penetrante
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Goolsby
authors.forename: Y N
authors.initials: YN
authors.lastname: Silk
authors.forename: Z P
authors.initials: ZP
authors.lastname: Bernstein
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000032:analysis; D007147:Immunoglobulin Light Chains / Q000032:analysis; D007146:Immunoglobulin lambda-Chains / Q000032:analysis; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007147:Immunoglobulin Light Chains; D007146:Immunoglobulin lambda-Chains