Multiple myeloma presenting as space-occupying lesions of the liver

R Thiruvengadam; R B Penetrante; H J Goolsby; Y N Silk; Z P Bernstein

doi:10.1002/1097-0142(19900615)65:12<2784::aid-cncr2820651229>3.0.co;2-3

Multiple myeloma presenting as space-occupying lesions of the liver

Cancer. 1990 Jun 15;65(12):2784-6. doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(19900615)65:12<2784::aid-cncr2820651229>3.0.co;2-3.

Authors

R Thiruvengadam¹, R B Penetrante, H J Goolsby, Y N Silk, Z P Bernstein

Affiliation

¹ Department of Hematologic Oncology, Roswell Park Memorial Institute, Buffalo, New York 14263.

Abstract

Initial myeloma presentation as discrete liver nodules is unusual. A 59-year-old man who presented with hepatomegaly and multiple space-occupying lesions in the liver and who was found to have a lambda light chain multiple myeloma with hepatic plasmacytomas is described and a review of liver involvement in multiple myeloma is presented.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Humans
Immunoglobulin G / analysis
Immunoglobulin Light Chains / analysis
Immunoglobulin lambda-Chains / analysis
Liver Neoplasms / pathology*
Male
Middle Aged
Multiple Myeloma / pathology*

Substances

Immunoglobulin G
Immunoglobulin Light Chains
Immunoglobulin lambda-Chains