Secondary plasma cell leukemia: Case report

Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Occurring Secondary to Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation in Plasma Cell Leukemia; A Case Report

Survival of patients with multiple myeloma has improved substantially because of availability of new therapies including autotransplants, immunomodulating drugs and proteasome-inhibitors. Second primary cancers have emerged as an important determinant of morbidity and mortality among cancer survivors. Even though there is an increased risk of new cancers of the lymphoreticular and haematopoetic...

Secondary plasma cell leukemia.

Plasma cell leukemia (PCL) is a rare disease and is the least common variant of multiple myeloma accounting for 2-3% of all plasma cell dyscrasias. We report a patient who was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, 12 months earlier; he was treated with VBCMP, VCMP regime, and after 12 months he presented of high grade fever, weakness, palpitations, loss of appetite, bone pains, dyspnea. Initial eval...

Multiple myeloma and secondary plasma cell leukemia.

Plasma cell leukemia is very rare condition characterized by malignant proliferation of plasma cells in blood and bone marrow, which is aggressive and has a short survival even with conventional treatment. This ominous entity may be primary, or develops secondarily during the course of multiple myeloma. A 53-year-old Brazilian woman with multiple myeloma is described with bone marrow evaluation...

Plasma cell leukemia, a case report and literature review

Leukemia Cutis Associated with Secondary Plasma Cell Leukemia

Plasma cell leukemia is an uncommon, aggressive variant of leukemia that may occur de novo or in association with multiple myeloma. Leukemia cutis is the cutaneous manifestation of leukemia, and indicates an infiltration of the skin by malignant leukocytes or their precursors. Plasma cell leukemia cutis is a rare clinical presentation of leukemia. We present a man who developed plasma cell leuk...