title: [Pleural malignant mesothelioma complicated by multiple myeloma].
abstract: A 79-year-old woman was admitted because of dyspnea. Chest X-ray films and computed tomographic scans disclosed left pleural effusion and diffuse pleural thickening. A diagnosis of multiple myeloma was made on the basis of blood tests and bone marrow aspiration biopsy findings. Multiple myeloma was the suspected cause of the pleural lesions. However, a postmortem diagnosis of malignant mesothelioma of the pleura was made on the basis of histological and immunohistological studies of autopsy specimens.
authors.affiliation: 5th Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kuribayashi
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ihaku
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nishioka
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakahama
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kitada
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sugita
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakata
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000150:complications*; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis