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Pericardial effusion presented as the initial clinical manifestation of multiple myeloma in a 56-year-old female, diagnosed via pericardiocentesis and bone marrow biopsy.
Pericardial effusion can rarely serve as the initial clinical manifestation of multiple myeloma.
Consider multiple myeloma in unexplained pericardial effusion; single case leaves broader prevalence and screening questions open.
We report a case of pericardial effusion in a 56‐year‐old female as the initial presentation of multiple myeloma. Serous‐haemorrhagic fluid was obtained through a pericardiocentesis. A Papanicolaou stained smear, immunocytochemistry and a bone marrow biopsy illustrate this case.
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Martínez‐Girón et al. (2018) studied this question. Pericardial effusion presented as the initial clinical manifestation of multiple myeloma in a 56-year-old female, diagnosed via pericardiocentesis and bone marrow biopsy.
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