• Title of article

    An Unusual Presentation of Plasma Cell Leukemia with Undiagnosed Multiple Myeloma

  • Author/Authors

    Afshar-Moghaddam، Noushin نويسنده , , Taheri، Diana نويسنده , , Naimi، Azar نويسنده , , Taghizadeh، Faegheh نويسنده , , Taheri، Shahram نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    فصلنامه با شماره پیاپی 6 سال 2007
  • Pages
    3
  • From page
    77
  • To page
    79
  • Abstract
    A 54 year old man with history of cardiomyopathy and chronic fibrillation first presented with bloody diarrhea. Then during the assessment of his abnormal lab. data revealed cast nephropathy in renal biopsy, gamma peak in protein electrophoresis and fine lytic lesions in skull graphy. His bone marrow aspiration showed multiple myeloma and blood smear revealed plasma cell leukemia. Our patient was diagnosed to have multiple myeloma and plasma cell leukemia Plasma cell leukemia is a rare form of plasma cell dyscrasia.The second type evolves as a terminal event in some of the patients with multiple myeloma. PCL and multiple myeloma simultaneously recognizes in this case(very rare event).
  • Journal title
    Iranian Journal of Pathology (IJP)
  • Serial Year
    2007
  • Journal title
    Iranian Journal of Pathology (IJP)
  • Record number

    1451142