title: Myelomatous pleural effusion: A rare case entity reported from a tertiary care cancer center in South India.
abstract: Multiple myeloma (MM) is a plasma cell neoplasm and constitutes 10% of hematologic malignancies. Malignant myelomatous pleural effusions are very rare and occur in <1% of cases of MM. In this article, we report a rare case of a patient who initially presented with pleural effusion and was subsequently found to be secondary to MM with an underlying raised IgG paraprotein. The patient symptomatically improved and was in partial remission with palliative radiotherapy, VTD chemotherapy, and bisphosphonates.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Oncology, Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Govind K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Babu
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Oncology, Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Smitha C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Saldanha
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Oncology, Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: K N
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Lokesh
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Oncology, Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Suresh Babu
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Akkamaha Devi
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Patil
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Health, St. John's Medical College, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Pretesh R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Kiran
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Oncology, Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Lakshmaiah
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Oncology, Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lokanatha
keywords: IgG paraprotein; multiple myeloma; myelomatous pleural effusion