BACKGROUND Extramedullary plasmacytoma is a rare plasma cell neoplasm within soft tissue and without bone marrow involvement or other systemic characteristics of multiple myeloma. Primary pulmonary plasmacytoma is a rare type of extramedullary plasmacytoma. CASE PRESENTATION A 48-year-old male with a tumor in the right middle ear was referred to our hospital. A routine chest X-ray was arrange...

Keywords Clear cell plasmacytoma - pleural cavity dilemma immunohistochemistry CD138

A plasmacytoma is a discrete, solitary mass of neoplastic monoclonal plasma cells in either bone or soft tissue (extramedullary). Solitary plasmacytomas can be divided into 2 groups according to location, plasmacytoma of the skeletal system (SBP) and extramedullary plasmacytoma (EMP) respectively. Less than 5% of patients with a plasma cell dyscrasia present with a single bone (SBP) or extramed...

Colonic solitary plasmacytoma is a rare disease, with few reports occurring in the literature. Solitary plasmacytoma is defined as a plasma cell tumour with no evidence of bone marrow infiltration. Plasmacytoma can present as a solitary tumour in bone or in other parts of the body. The gastrointestinal tract is rarely the site of the disease. We report on the case of a 51-year-old man presentin...

BACKGROUND Extramedullary plasmacytoma is an uncommon entity that most commonly involves nasopharynx or upper respiratory tract. Involvement of the gastrointestinal tract occurs in approximated 10% of cases. Isolated primary plasmacytoma of colon is rare and only 7 well documented cases have been reported in the literature. CASE PRESENTATION We present a case of 42 year male who presented wit...

Pancreatic plasmacytoma is a rare disorder which may present with obstructive jaundice. Only eighteen cases have been reported in the English language literature. We present the first case of pancreatic plasmacytoma and gastric plasmacytoma diagnosed with endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA). A 75-year-old male with a known history of multiple myeloma presented with obs...

BACKGROUND Extramedullary plasmacytoma is a very rare tumor derived from plasma cells and found outside the bone marrow. Most have been identified in patients with the more aggressive anaplastic form of the disease. Only a few cases of primary pancreatic plasmacytoma have been reported. CASE PRESENTATION We present a case of a 56-year-old man in whom a pancreatic mass was found incidentally. ...

Solitary Plasmacytoma of the Skull (SPS) is very rare and only 35 cases have been reported in the English literature. It remains controversial whether a solitary plasmacytoma of the skull is essentially identical with a Solitary Plasmacytoma of Bone (SPB) or not. A solitary plasmacytoma of bone, which includes a solitary plasmacytoma of the skull, is characterized by a radiologically solitary b...

INTRODUCTION Plasmacytoma is a monoclonal proliferation of plasma cells. It can be an isolated lesion, for which the term extramedullary plasmacytoma is used, or a representation of multiple myeloma.The upper respiratory tract is the most common site for an extramedullary plasmacytoma. Sinonasal plasmacytomas cause different symptoms depending on the sites of origins and the areas of involvemen...

Abstract BACKGROUND. Extramedullary plasmacytoma is a rare tumor, representing less than 1% of head and neck tumors. This specific type tumor occurs in 90% cases the upper aero-digestive tract, with more frequent location 80% submucosa. CASE REPORT. We report case 39-year-old young man who presented for bilateral nasal obstruction swelling left region intermittent epistaxis moderate abundance. ...