Case Report

Volume: 7 | Issue: 8 | Published: Dec 20, 2023 | Pages: 167 - 171 | DOI: 10.24911/ejmcr/173-1678176335

Multiple myeloma with disseminated sclerotic lesions mimicking metastatic bone lesions; a rare case series


Authors: Nurhilal Buyukkurt orcid logo , Nazim Emrah Kocer orcid logo


Article Info

Authors

Nurhilal Buyukkurt

Baskent University Medical School, Department of İnternal Medicine, Hematology Division, Ankara, Turkey

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Nazim Emrah Kocer

Baskent University Medical School, Department of Pathology, Ankara, Turkey.

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Publication History

Received: March 07, 2023

Revised: July 23, 2023

Accepted: July 23, 2023

Published: December 20, 2023


Abstract


Background: Lesions characterized by myeloma are lytic lesions surrounded by sclerosis. Diffuse or wide-length sclerotic bone lesions associated with myeloma are infrequent. Case presentation: Two men, 70 and 72 years old, were referred from oncology to hematology for diffuse, large-length sclerotic bone lesions. Their findings were interpreted as having bone metastasis of primary cancer in orthopedics, internal medicine, and oncology due to diffuse sclerotic bone lesions found incidentally during the examinations performed for another reason. The probable causes (prostate, lung, and gastrointestinal cancer) of metastasis were investigated, and they were referred to hematology after a nearly 2-month examination period. Conclusion: The remarkable extensive sclerotic bone lesions may mask the myeloma and may not be considered in the differential diagnosis. However, these cases had the typical clinical findings and laboratory results of MM, except for bone disease. Therefore, we aimed to highlight this issue.

Keywords: Tumor, Metastasis, Multiple myeloma, Sclerotic lesions, Bone, Case report, green


Pubmed Style

Nurhilal Buyukkurt, Nazim Emrah Kocer. Multiple myeloma with disseminated sclerotic lesions mimicking metastatic bone lesions; a rare case series. EJMCR. 2023; 20 (December 2023): 167-171. doi:10.24911/ejmcr/173-1678176335

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Nurhilal Buyukkurt, Nazim Emrah Kocer. Multiple myeloma with disseminated sclerotic lesions mimicking metastatic bone lesions; a rare case series. https://ejmcr.com/articles/1207 [Access: December 25, 2024]. doi:10.24911/ejmcr/173-1678176335

AMA (American Medical Association) Style

Nurhilal Buyukkurt, Nazim Emrah Kocer. Multiple myeloma with disseminated sclerotic lesions mimicking metastatic bone lesions; a rare case series. EJMCR. 2023; 20 (December 2023): 167-171. doi:10.24911/ejmcr/173-1678176335

Vancouver/ICMJE Style

Nurhilal Buyukkurt, Nazim Emrah Kocer. Multiple myeloma with disseminated sclerotic lesions mimicking metastatic bone lesions; a rare case series. EJMCR. (2023), [cited December 25, 2024]; 20 (December 2023): 167-171. doi:10.24911/ejmcr/173-1678176335

Harvard Style

Nurhilal Buyukkurt, Nazim Emrah Kocer (2023) Multiple myeloma with disseminated sclerotic lesions mimicking metastatic bone lesions; a rare case series. EJMCR, 20 (December 2023): 167-171. doi:10.24911/ejmcr/173-1678176335

Chicago Style

Nurhilal Buyukkurt, Nazim Emrah Kocer. "Multiple myeloma with disseminated sclerotic lesions mimicking metastatic bone lesions; a rare case series." 20 (2023), 167-171. doi:10.24911/ejmcr/173-1678176335

MLA (The Modern Language Association) Style

Nurhilal Buyukkurt, Nazim Emrah Kocer. "Multiple myeloma with disseminated sclerotic lesions mimicking metastatic bone lesions; a rare case series." 20.December 2023 (2023), 167-171. Print. doi:10.24911/ejmcr/173-1678176335

APA (American Psychological Association) Style

Nurhilal Buyukkurt, Nazim Emrah Kocer (2023) Multiple myeloma with disseminated sclerotic lesions mimicking metastatic bone lesions; a rare case series. , 20 (December 2023), 167-171. doi:10.24911/ejmcr/173-1678176335