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Extramedullary Plasmacytoma Mimicking Pancreatic Cancer: An Unusual Presentation
Joint Authors
Vacca, Angelo
Sciancalepore, Daniela
Musci, Sergio
Fracella, Maria Rosaria
D’Alesio, Grazia
Sportelli, Azzurra
Ingravallo, Giuseppe
Ria, Roberto
Source
Case Reports in Oncological Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-5, 5 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2016-10-25
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Multiple myeloma is a plasma cell tumor that homes to and expands in the bone marrow and that, despite the new available drugs, remains incurable.
Extramedullary plasmacytoma is a not frequent manifestation during the natural history of multiple myeloma and is frequently associated with plasma cell bone marrow infiltration.
The most common locations for an EMP include the gastrointestinal tract, pleura, testis, skin, peritoneum, liver, endocrine glands, and lymph nodes.
Primary involvement of the gallbladder fossa is exceedingly rare.
In this report, we describe a patient with multiple myeloma who achieved a clinical and serological remission after autologous transplant but progressed rapidly at extramedullary site mimicking a second cancer (i.e., pancreatic or biliary cancer).
In this case, the extramedullary localization was refractory to standard therapy, differently from bone marrow localization, but responded to lymphoma-like therapy.
In this patient (i) the particular site of developing plasmacytoma is the gallbladder fossa, (ii) the timing of onset of this neoplasm is immediately after autologous transplant, and (iii) its disjunction from primary myeloma is that it appears in clinical and serological remission phase which may be confounding during the diagnostic approach simulating a different tumor (solid tumor).
American Psychological Association (APA)
Sciancalepore, Daniela& Musci, Sergio& Fracella, Maria Rosaria& D’Alesio, Grazia& Sportelli, Azzurra& Ingravallo, Giuseppe…[et al.]. 2016. Extramedullary Plasmacytoma Mimicking Pancreatic Cancer: An Unusual Presentation. Case Reports in Oncological Medicine،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1101705
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Sciancalepore, Daniela…[et al.]. Extramedullary Plasmacytoma Mimicking Pancreatic Cancer: An Unusual Presentation. Case Reports in Oncological Medicine No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1101705
American Medical Association (AMA)
Sciancalepore, Daniela& Musci, Sergio& Fracella, Maria Rosaria& D’Alesio, Grazia& Sportelli, Azzurra& Ingravallo, Giuseppe…[et al.]. Extramedullary Plasmacytoma Mimicking Pancreatic Cancer: An Unusual Presentation. Case Reports in Oncological Medicine. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1101705
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1101705