title: Myelomatous pleural effusion.
abstract: Malignant pleural effusions due to multiple myeloma are rare. Effusion in such patients is usually due to congestive heart failure or another process. Malignant myeloma cells identified in cytologic examination of the pleural fluid or by pleural biopsy establish the diagnosis of a myelomatous effusion. This finding portends a poor prognosis and death usually within 4 months.
authors.affiliation: Pulmonary Division, Truman Medical Center, Kansas City, Mo., USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Meoli
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Willsie
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fiorella
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000150:complications*; D010994:Pleura / Q000166:cytology; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed