Pleural effusions secondary to pleural myelomatous involvement have rarely been reported in the literature.
Muzaffer Keklik, Serdar Sivgin, Cigdem Pala, Celalettin Eroglu, Gulsah Akyol, LeylagulKaynar, Mustafa Yavuz Koker, Demet Camlica, Ali Unal, Mustafa Cetin, Bulent Eser 2012, 'Flow Cytometry Method as a Diagnostic Tool for Pleural Fluid Involvement in a Patientwith Multiple Myeloma', Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseaseshttp://www.mjhid.org/index.php/mjhid/article/view/400. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Myelomatous nodular lesions of the liver are infrequent.
Fernando J. Vázquez, Gabriel Funtowicz, Hernán García Rivello, Natalia Schutz, DoroteaFantl, Elsa Nucifora 2010, 'Compromiso nodular hepático secundario a mieloma múltiple Nodular hepatic lesionssecondary to multiple myeloma', Medicina (Buenos Aires)http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0025-76802010000400002. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
According to the literature only 1% of these patients develop a myelomatous pleural effusion.
Mónica Egozcue-Dionisi, José Nieves-Nieves, Ricardo Fernández-Gonzalez, RosángelaFernández-Medero, Raúl Reyes-Sosa, José Lozada-Costas, Ramiro Pérez-Duardo, RománVélez-Rosario 2012, 'A hematologic condition expressed as a lung disease [v1; ref status: indexed, http://f1000r.es/R41QuI]',F1000Researchhttp://f1000research.com/articles/1-28/v1. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
True myelomatous pleural effusions are very uncommon, with fewer than 100 cases reported worldwide.
MUZAFFER KEKLIK, SERDAR SIVGIN, CIGDEM PALA, CELALETTIN EROGLU, GULSAH AKYOL, LEYLAGULKAYNAR, MUSTAFA YAVUZ KOKER, DEMET CAMLICA, ALI UNAL, mustafa cetin, BULENT ESER 2012, 'Flow Cytometry Method as a Diagnostic Tool for Pleural Fluid Involvement in a Patientwith Multiple Myeloma', Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseaseshttp://www.mjhid.org/article/view/10668. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Myelomatous effusion showed plasmacytoid cells.
Vidya Monappa, Saritha M Reddy, Ranjini Kudva 2018, 'Hematolymphoid neoplasms in effusion cytology', CytoJournalhttp://www.cytojournal.com/article.asp?issn=1742-6413;year=2018;volume=15;issue=1;spage=15;epage=15;aulast=Monappa. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)