Abstract
A case of a 69-year-old male patient is described. Staging CT brought unexpected findings with therapeutic consequences. Pneumoperitoneum was the most important sign. A pneumoretroperitoneum and a dilatation of the colon sigmoldeum were also found. Intraoperatively a perforated sigmadiverticulitis was detected. Therefore, one should pay attention to extraskeletal changes during the staging of multiple myeloma.
MeSH terms
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Aged
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Diverticulitis, Colonic / diagnostic imaging*
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Diverticulitis, Colonic / surgery
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Humans
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Intestinal Perforation / diagnostic imaging*
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Intestinal Perforation / surgery
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Male
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Multiple Myeloma / diagnostic imaging*
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Multiple Myeloma / pathology
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Neoplasm Staging
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Retropneumoperitoneum / diagnostic imaging*
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Retropneumoperitoneum / etiology
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Sigmoid Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
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Sigmoid Diseases / surgery
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed*