[Palmar-plantar fasciitis and multiple myeloma]

Tunis Med. 2003 Nov;81(11):889-93.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Palmar fasciitis and arthritis was reported in association with several neoplasms and in particular with the cancers of the ovary. We report the case of a 37 year old patient who was hospitalized in our service for investigation of sever palmar fasciitis and to whom various investigations allowed to make the diagnosis of a light chains myeloma. Through the study of the various cases of the literature, we remind the various characteristics of this syndrome.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Fasciitis, Plantar / etiology*
  • Fasciitis, Plantar / pathology
  • Hand / pathology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Multiple Myeloma / complications*
  • Multiple Myeloma / diagnosis