Plasmacytoma as a cause of small bowel obstruction in a virgin abdomen in a patient with multiple myeloma: a case report

Abstract Background Multiple myeloma is a hematological malignancy that classically results in an abnormal clonal proliferation of plasma cells in the bone marrow. Extramedullary disease in the setting of multiple myeloma, referred to as secondary extramedullary plasmacytoma, is found in 7–17% of ca...

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Main Authors: Aubrey A. Mwinyogle, Astha Bhatt, Katarina Kapisoda, Justin Somerville, Steven C. Cunningham
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-05-01
Series:Journal of Medical Case Reports
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13256-019-2068-x