Atypical Presentation and Diagnosis of Multiple Myeloma: A Case Report

We present a case of a 69-year-old male with a history of chronic neck pain who was seen in the emergency department due to acute, severe neck pain with initial CTA imaging that suggested left VAD. However, follow-up MRI of his cervical spine identified that what seemed to be a left VAD was instead multiple myeloma. This case demonstrates the utility of using multiple imaging modalities, including CT, CTA, MRI, and MRA, in diagnosing an atypical presentation of multiple myeloma and the consequences of physician implicit biases that are often involved when treating patients with chronic pain.PMID:38327916 | PMC:PMC10849065 | DOI:10.7759/cureus.51870
Source: Pain Physician - Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Source Type: research