Multiple Myeloma Masquerading as Ovarian Carcinosarcoma Metastases: A Case Report and Review of the Approach to Multiple Myeloma Screening and Diagnosis
Joint Authors
Stuver, Robert
Petersen, Alec
Guerrero-Garcia, Thomas A.
Matulonis, Ursula
Singh, Prabhsimranjot
Richardson, Paul G.
Source
Issue
Vol. 2018, Issue 2018 (31 Dec. 2018), pp.1-4, 4 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2018-09-24
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
4
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Multiple myeloma is the most common plasma cell dyscrasia and causes 2% of all cancer deaths in Western countries.
Ovarian carcinosarcomas are very rare gynecological malignancies and account for only 1–2% of all ovarian tumors.
In this case, we report a 67-year-old woman with known relapsed ovarian carcinosarcoma who presented with headache and neck pain.
She was found to have new lytic lesions in the cranial and thoracic regions.
While these lesions were assumed to be metastases, a diligent approach detected an M-spike on serum protein electrophoresis and a monoclonal gammopathy with immunoglobulin G lambda monoclonal immunoglobulin on immunofixation.
A bone marrow biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of multiple myeloma.
To our knowledge, this is the first ever reported case of concomitant multiple myeloma and ovarian carcinosarcoma.
Our case highlights the utmost importance of a systematic approach to lytic lesions and emphasizes the need to consider secondary malignancies in the evaluation of possible metastases.
We used the International Myeloma Working Group guidelines for screening and diagnosing multiple myeloma, and we provide a thorough review of this updated approach.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Stuver, Robert& Petersen, Alec& Guerrero-Garcia, Thomas A.& Matulonis, Ursula& Richardson, Paul G.& Singh, Prabhsimranjot. 2018. Multiple Myeloma Masquerading as Ovarian Carcinosarcoma Metastases: A Case Report and Review of the Approach to Multiple Myeloma Screening and Diagnosis. Case Reports in Hematology،Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1143788
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Stuver, Robert…[et al.]. Multiple Myeloma Masquerading as Ovarian Carcinosarcoma Metastases: A Case Report and Review of the Approach to Multiple Myeloma Screening and Diagnosis. Case Reports in Hematology No. 2018 (2018), pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1143788
American Medical Association (AMA)
Stuver, Robert& Petersen, Alec& Guerrero-Garcia, Thomas A.& Matulonis, Ursula& Richardson, Paul G.& Singh, Prabhsimranjot. Multiple Myeloma Masquerading as Ovarian Carcinosarcoma Metastases: A Case Report and Review of the Approach to Multiple Myeloma Screening and Diagnosis. Case Reports in Hematology. 2018. Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1143788
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1143788