Colonic plasmacytomas: a rare complication of plasma cell leukemia
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Colonic plasmacytomas: a rare complication of plasma cell leukemia.
A 53-year-oldman presentedwith fatigue, syncope, and splenic rupture. Diagnostic evaluation revealed hypercalcemia with leukocytosis (23.2×103 cells/μL). Peripheral smear showed 39% lymphocytes with clonal plasmacytosis. These findings, in addition to a negative skeletal survey, suggested a diagnosis of plasma cell leukemia (PCL). The patient was started on carfilzomib and dexamethasone after r...
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عنوان ژورنال: Endoscopy
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0013-726X,1438-8812
DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1390722