1. Rapidly Progressive Atrial Mass and Cardiac Tamponade
- Author
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DM Sreenivas Reddy, Reetu Kundu, DM Jeet Ram Kashyap, DM Anita Tahlan, and DM Suraj Kumar
- Subjects
0301 basic medicine ,medicine.medical_specialty ,atrial mass ,030105 genetics & heredity ,Pericardial effusion ,plasma cells ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Cardiac tamponade ,Biopsy ,medicine ,Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system ,Multiple myeloma ,extramedullary plasmacytoma ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,medicine.disease ,multiple myeloma ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,RC666-701 ,cardiac tamponade ,cardiovascular system ,Extramedullary plasmacytoma ,Radiology ,Bone marrow ,Tamponade ,Presentation (obstetrics) ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,business ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
Cardiac involvement in multiple myeloma is rare. We report a rapidly progressive atrial mass and plasma cell–infiltrated pericardial effusion with tamponade. Bone marrow biopsy and plasma immunoelectrophoresis confirmed multiple myeloma (Revised International Staging System Stage III). The patient died within 18 weeks of presentation, suggesting aggressive disease with poor prognosis. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.)
- Published
- 2020