Uncommon Presentation of Multiple Myeloma: Pleural Effusion and Extensive Extramedullary Involvement.

A 60-year-old female presented with abdominal pain, weight loss, and fatigue. Imaging revealed a pancreatic mass, bilateral pleural effusion, ascites, and lytic bony lesions. Investigations confirmed multiple myeloma with lambda light chain disease.

Multifocality in gallbladder cancer: An imaging-based study.

Aim Of The Study: Gallbladder cancer (GBC) lesions are usually solitary. The presence of multifocal disease can alter resectability and management. There are no systematic imaging-based studies evaluating multifocality in GBC.

A role for diet and gut microbiota metabolites in autologous hematopoietic cell transplant recipients.

Introduction: The gut microbiome has an established role in allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (allo-HCT), but not in an auto-HCT setting. We have hypothesized that fecal short-chain fatty acids (SCFA) and urinary 3-indoxyl sulfate (3-IS), which are metabolites derived from the action of the gut microbiome on dietary fiber, play a role in auto-HCT outcomes.

Methods: This was a single-center prospective study involving auto-HCT recipients.

Sirolimus as add-on therapy to corticosteroids for moderate-severe chronic graft versus host disease.

Introduction: The first-line treatment of moderate-severe chronic graft versus host disease (cGVHD) involves systemic corticosteroids ± calcineurin inhibitors. Around half of the patients will need second-line agents for corticosteroid-refractory/dependent (SR/SD) cGVHD. Herein, we report our experience using sirolimus as an add-on agent to corticosteroids in moderate-severe cGVHD.

High Diagnostic Accuracy of Arterial Phase CT in Differentiating Pheochromocytoma in Good/Poor Washout Adrenal Masses.

Introduction: Differentiating pheochromocytomas from other adrenal masses based on computed tomography (CT) characteristics remains challenging, particularly in lipid-poor lesions with variable washout patterns. This study evaluated CT features for distinguishing pheochromocytomas in good and poor washout subcohorts.

Methods: We prospectively analyzed 72 patients with unilateral lipid-poor adrenal masses.