... presenting with pleural effusion (PE) pose a great diagnostic challenge. Thus, we aimed to analyze the clinical features and practice patterns of such patients. This is a multicenter retrospective study of newly diagnosed MM patients between January 2011 and December 2015. Among 575 MM patients diagnosed...

...Makio Ogawa; Ronald A. Preston; Matthew D. Carson; Atsushi Komiyama; Samuel S. Spicer In a patient with plasma cell leukemia, associated with pleural effusion, ultrastructural studies of the peripheral blood plasma cells showed an abundance of cytoplasmic fibrils. The nature of fibrils...

...Anthony Simos; P. Asseo; G. Hadjidimitriou; P. Garzonis; D. Colovos This report describes an unusual case of Waldenström’s macroglobulinaemia, in which the sole demonstrable clinical manifestations were pleural effusion and ascites. Bone marrow aspirates and bone biopsy revealed no increase...

...Giacomo Lucivero; Giuseppe Pierucci; Adriana Dell’Osso; Lorenzo Bonomo The case of a patient with B cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and T-lymphocyte-rich pleural effusion secondary to carcinoma of the lung is presented. Monoclonal B cells were the main cell population in the peripheral...

... morphological, cytochemical and ultrastructural features and the pleural effusion and mediastinal mass were most probably part of the HCL neoplasia, despite the fact that biopsy was not performed. Actahaemat. 71: 393-399(1984) © 1984 S. Karger AG. Basel 0001-5792/84/0716-0393 S 2.75/0 Hairy Cell Leukemia...

...Eldad Ben-Chetrit; Yaacov Assaf; Eilat Shinar Pleural effusion is a relatively rare complication of chronic lymphatic leukemia (CLL). It can be the result of primary pleural involvement, central lymphatic blockage, infection or changes induced by previous irradiation or chemotherapy. When...

... effusion Pericardial fluid cytology Pericardiectomy Pericardiocentesis Pleural effusion Purulent pericarditis Staphylococcus aureus Short Communication Actahaemat. 73: 239-240(1985) © 1 9 8 5 S. Karger AG. Basel 0001-5792/85/0734-0239 S 2.75/0 Agnogenic Myeloid Metaplasia Presenting as Massive...

...Masaharu Miyahara; Yoshinori Shimamoto; Masayuki Sano; Hiroko Nakano; Keisuke Shibata; Miwako Matsuzaki Pleural effusion in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is a relatively rare phenomenon. We report a case of a pleural effusion associated with B-cell CLL but with predominantly reactive T...

...Yu Jin Kim; Su Jin Kim; Kwangseon Min; Ho Young Kim; Hyo Jung Kim; Young Kyung Lee; Dae Young Zang Multiple myeloma (MM) is a malignant neoplasm of plasma cell origin. Pleural effusion may develop in the setting of MM due to various reasons, but myelomatous pleural effusion (MPE) is rare. We report...

...K.L. Bourantas; S. Tsiara; A. Panteli; C. Milionis; L. Christou Pleural effusion in 4 patients with chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML) is described in this report. According to the literature, pleural effusion in CMML is a poorly understood and rare occurrence. Two of our patients presented...