Multiple Myeloma with Pericardial Involvement and Cardiac Tamponade: A Report of Three Patients

H. Rosenbaum Departments of Hematology “D” Pathology, Rambam Medical Center and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel

R. Hoffman Departments of Hematology “D” Pathology, Rambam Medical Center and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel

A. Carter Departments of Hematology “D” Pathology, Rambam Medical Center and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel

B. Brenner Departments of Hematology “D” Pathology, Rambam Medical Center and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel

A. Markel Departments of Internal Medicine “D” Pathology, Rambam Medical Center and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel

Y. Ben Arie Departments of Hematology “D” Pathology, Rambam Medical Center and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel

J. M. Rowe Departments of Hematology “D” Pathology, Rambam Medical Center and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel

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Abstract

Pericardial involvement and cardiac tamponade are rare complications of multiple myeloma (MM) and in most reported cases it has been diagnosed only at autopsy. Three cases of multiple myeloma with pericardial involvement seen at a single institution are described. The approach to the treatment is discussed and the literature on this rare complication of MM is briefly reviewed.

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