Misdiagnosis of multiple myeloma as postoperative bone metastasis of rectal cancer: A case report and literature review
Yuanqi Huang,
Zhengquan Chen,
Kunming Wen
Abstract:Multiple myeloma (MM) and bone metastases are both common malignant tumors of the skeleton that share similar clinical manifestations and radiological features. The development of MM following rectal cancer surgery is relatively rare in clinical practice and is easily misdiagnosed as bone metastasis. The present study reported on a patient with MM and postoperative rectal cancer. A 65-year-old man had been diagnosed with low rectal cancer (poorly differentiated, T3N1M0) 10 years prior and underwent curative tr… Show more
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