Extramedullary Plasmacytoma: imitating metastatic pancreas carcinoma

Extramedullary Plasmacytoma: imitating metastatic pancreas carcinoma

Extramedullary plasmacytomas (EMP) constitute soft tissue masses containing aggregates of malignant plasma cells. Although rare, they have been shown to involve multiple abdominal organs and may imitate other malignancies.  Previous reports have shown that these can be difficult to distinguish from...

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Main Authors: Annemarie Van de Vyver, Adele Visser
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2014-08-01
Series:Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Plasmacytoma
Online Access:https://mjhid.org/index.php/mjhid/article/view/1821
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spelling doaj-133cd97ce697404e9646c367266aba472020-11-25T03:47:07ZengPAGEPress PublicationsMediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases2035-30062014-08-011Extramedullary Plasmacytoma: imitating metastatic pancreas carcinomaAnnemarie Van de Vyver0Adele Visser1University of PretoriaUniversity of Pretoria / National Health Laboratory Services Extramedullary plasmacytomas (EMP) constitute soft tissue masses containing aggregates of malignant plasma cells. Although rare, they have been shown to involve multiple abdominal organs and may imitate other malignancies.  Previous reports have shown that these can be difficult to distinguish from other primary malignancies, and may cause a delay in the appropriate diagnosis and treatment of these patients. In this case report, we describe a patient with EMP involving the pancreas and liver, initially presenting with the radiological picture of metastatic pancreas carcinoma. https://mjhid.org/index.php/mjhid/article/view/1821Plasmacytoma
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author Annemarie Van de Vyver
Adele Visser
spellingShingle Annemarie Van de Vyver
Adele Visser
Extramedullary Plasmacytoma: imitating metastatic pancreas carcinoma
Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases
Plasmacytoma
author_facet Annemarie Van de Vyver
Adele Visser
author_sort Annemarie Van de Vyver
title Extramedullary Plasmacytoma: imitating metastatic pancreas carcinoma
title_short Extramedullary Plasmacytoma: imitating metastatic pancreas carcinoma
title_full Extramedullary Plasmacytoma: imitating metastatic pancreas carcinoma
title_fullStr Extramedullary Plasmacytoma: imitating metastatic pancreas carcinoma
title_full_unstemmed Extramedullary Plasmacytoma: imitating metastatic pancreas carcinoma
title_sort extramedullary plasmacytoma: imitating metastatic pancreas carcinoma
publisher PAGEPress Publications
series Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases
issn 2035-3006
publishDate 2014-08-01
description Extramedullary plasmacytomas (EMP) constitute soft tissue masses containing aggregates of malignant plasma cells. Although rare, they have been shown to involve multiple abdominal organs and may imitate other malignancies.  Previous reports have shown that these can be difficult to distinguish from other primary malignancies, and may cause a delay in the appropriate diagnosis and treatment of these patients. In this case report, we describe a patient with EMP involving the pancreas and liver, initially presenting with the radiological picture of metastatic pancreas carcinoma.
topic Plasmacytoma
url https://mjhid.org/index.php/mjhid/article/view/1821
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