Extramedullary Plasmacytoma of Soft Tissues and Gingiva

Extramedullary Plasmacytoma of Soft Tissues and Gingiva

Extramedullary plasmacytoma (EMP) is a rare plasma cell neoplasm of soft tissue without bone marrow involvement or other systemic characteristics of multiple myeloma. It accounts for 3% of all plasma cell tumors. Multiple extramedullary plasmacytoma is defined when there is more than one extramedull...

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Main Authors: Amrit Kaur Kaler, Shankar A, Madhusmitha Jena
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Light House Polyclinic Mangalore 2012-07-01
Series:Online Journal of Health & Allied Sciences
Subjects:
Extramedullary plasmacytoma
Gingiva
Myeloma
Online Access:http://www.ojhas.org/issue42/2012-2-9.htm
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spelling doaj-20a1140d64744d08bf31b85eceb6b1f62020-11-24T22:35:14ZengLight House Polyclinic Mangalore Online Journal of Health & Allied Sciences0972-59972012-07-01112Extramedullary Plasmacytoma of Soft Tissues and GingivaAmrit Kaur KalerShankar AMadhusmitha Jena,Extramedullary plasmacytoma (EMP) is a rare plasma cell neoplasm of soft tissue without bone marrow involvement or other systemic characteristics of multiple myeloma. It accounts for 3% of all plasma cell tumors. Multiple extramedullary plasmacytoma is defined when there is more than one extramedullary tumor of clonal plasma cells and such presentation has not been described earlier. We report such rare case of multiple extramedullary plasmacytoma involving multiple soft tissues in chest, abdomen, mandible, maxilla, and gingiva.http://www.ojhas.org/issue42/2012-2-9.htmExtramedullary plasmacytomaGingivaMyeloma
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author Amrit Kaur Kaler
Shankar A
Madhusmitha Jena,
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Shankar A
Madhusmitha Jena,
Extramedullary Plasmacytoma of Soft Tissues and Gingiva
Online Journal of Health & Allied Sciences
Extramedullary plasmacytoma
Gingiva
Myeloma
author_facet Amrit Kaur Kaler
Shankar A
Madhusmitha Jena,
author_sort Amrit Kaur Kaler
title Extramedullary Plasmacytoma of Soft Tissues and Gingiva
title_short Extramedullary Plasmacytoma of Soft Tissues and Gingiva
title_full Extramedullary Plasmacytoma of Soft Tissues and Gingiva
title_fullStr Extramedullary Plasmacytoma of Soft Tissues and Gingiva
title_full_unstemmed Extramedullary Plasmacytoma of Soft Tissues and Gingiva
title_sort extramedullary plasmacytoma of soft tissues and gingiva
publisher Light House Polyclinic Mangalore
series Online Journal of Health & Allied Sciences
issn 0972-5997
publishDate 2012-07-01
description Extramedullary plasmacytoma (EMP) is a rare plasma cell neoplasm of soft tissue without bone marrow involvement or other systemic characteristics of multiple myeloma. It accounts for 3% of all plasma cell tumors. Multiple extramedullary plasmacytoma is defined when there is more than one extramedullary tumor of clonal plasma cells and such presentation has not been described earlier. We report such rare case of multiple extramedullary plasmacytoma involving multiple soft tissues in chest, abdomen, mandible, maxilla, and gingiva.
topic Extramedullary plasmacytoma
Gingiva
Myeloma
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