1Department of Internal Medicine, St. Michael’s Medical Center, Newark, USA
2Department of Hematology and Oncology, St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, New Jersey, USA
3Department of Internal Medicine, St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, New Jersey, USA
4Department of Pulmonary Medicine, St. Michael’s Medical Center, Newark, USA
American Journal of Medical Case Reports.
2015,
Vol. 3 No. 8, 244-246
DOI: 10.12691/ajmcr-3-8-6
Copyright © 2015 Science and Education PublishingCite this paper: Parijat Sen, Abhishek Kumar, Mary Mathews, Daphne Macbruce, Richard Miller. Pulmonary Embolism: A Rare Initial Manifestation of Multiple Myeloma.
American Journal of Medical Case Reports. 2015; 3(8):244-246. doi: 10.12691/ajmcr-3-8-6.
Correspondence to: Mary Mathews, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, New Jersey, USA. Email:
mary.mathews@live.caAbstract
Multiple Myeloma usually presents with end organ damage like bone symptoms such as pain, pathologic fracture, renal dysfunction, chronic fatigue from anemia or symptoms of hypercalcemia. Although frequently associated with venous thromboembolisms, the presentation of multiple myeloma with pulmonary embolism as its initial manifestation is extremely rare. We report the case of a 60 y/o Hispanic male who presented with a Pulmonary Embolism, further diagnostic test revealed an underlying diagnosis of Multiple Myeloma.
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