title: Discovering multiple myeloma early in ambulatory patients with chest pain.
abstract: Multiple myeloma (MM) is a systemic malignancy of plasma cells often characterized by sternal, rib, or back pain. This article describes how a patient who had chest pain for more than one month was mistakenly diagnosed with reflux esophagitis. Healthcare providers should be mindful of MM when determining the source of unidentified chest pain in patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University, China.
authors.forename: Chao
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Guanqun
authors.forename: Fang
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lizheng
authors.forename: Zang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Guoyao
authors.forename: Colleen M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: O'Leary
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002637:Chest Pain; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004942:Esophagitis, Peptic / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology