Liver Involvement in Multiple Myeloma Proven by Peritoneoscopy.

Author: Young Sup YOON ¹ ; Yoo Hong MIN ; Chae Yoon CHON ; Chanil PARK ; Sun Ju LEE ; Jee Sook HAHN ; Yun Woong KO ; Heung Jai CHOI
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1. Department of Internal of Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Publication Type:Case Report
Keywords: Multiple myeloma; liver; peritoneoscopy
MeSH: Adult; Case Report; Female; Human; *Laparoscopy; Liver/*pathology; Multiple Myeloma/*pathology/radiography/radionuclide imaging; Neoplasm Invasiveness; Tomography, X-Ray Computed
From:Yonsei Medical Journal 1993;34(1):90-97
CountryRepublic of Korea
Language:English
Abstract: Liver involvement in multiple myeloma has been known to be common in autopsied series. However, since its clinical significance is uncertain yet, invasive procedure confirming plasma cell infiltration of the liver has been rarely performed. We report a case with multiple myeloma which had plasma cell infiltration of a liver. A peritoneoscopic biopsy of the liver for the purpose of disclosing the nature of the aggravating liver function in a carrier of the hepatitis B virus showed infiltration of lymphoreticular cell which were identified later as lambda-light chain producing primitive plasma cells by immunohistochemical stain.