Multiple myeloma presenting as space-occupying lesions of the liver.
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.
Thiruvengadam
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Department of Hematologic Oncology, Roswell Park Memorial Institute, Buffalo, New York 14263.
Penetrante
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Goolsby
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Silk
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Bernstein
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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*
D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007147:Immunoglobulin Light Chains; D007146:Immunoglobulin lambda-Chains