Ann Coloproctol.
2017 Apr;33(2):70-73. 10.3393/ac.2017.33.2.70.
Multiple Myeloma Mimics Bone Metastasis From a Rectal Adenocarcinoma
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Surgery, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. ravic@naver.com
- 2Department of Internal Medicine, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- 3Department of Nuclear Medicine, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- KMID: 2400031
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.3393/ac.2017.33.2.70
Abstract
- A presumptive diagnosis of bone metastasis can be easily made when a patient with a history of colorectal cancer develops bone lesions that are seen on follow-up imaging. In this case report, we describe a patient whose multiple bone lesions were wrongly attributed to a recurrence of rectal cancer rather than being identified as multiple myeloma lesions. When clinicians detect new, abnormal, bony lesions in a patient with a previous history of cancer, they should consider diseases such as multiple myeloma in their differential diagnosis.
