Nonsecretory Multiple Myeloma Presenting as an Intestinal Tumor

نویسندگان

  • Diana Triantafyllopoulou
  • Stuart Mellor
  • Catherine Cargo
  • Ioannis Gkikas
  • Jagdish Adiyodi
  • Ayub Ali Bin
  • Neil Sahasrabudhe
  • Margaret Rokicka
چکیده

We report a case of a 43-year-old Caucasian man who presented with colicky abdominal pain and microcytic hypochromic anemia. The patient underwent a colonoscopy where a tumor was seen in the ascending colon; histology showed plasmacytoma of the colon. From the protein electrophoresis, no monoclonal band or free light chains were detected nor was urinary Bence Jones protein present. A bone marrow biopsy showed plasma cell myeloma. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of nonsecretory multiple myeloma presenting as plasmacytoma of the colon.

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دوره 2015  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2015