Multiple Plasmacytoma

Multiple primary cutaneous plasmacytoma.

A 66-year-old Japanese man presented with a painless skin tumor in his left axillae which had been present for several years without receiving any medical treatment. The tumor enlarged and lesions appeared on several areas on his body within a few months of April 2012 (Fig. 1). Histopathological examination of a skin biopsy specimen taken from a right inguinal tumor showed a dense infiltrate of...

Sellar Solitary Plasmacytoma Progressing to Multiple Myeloma

Sellar plasmacytoma is a rare cause of sellar lesions. Preoperative diagnosis remains a challenge. We present a 34-year-old Chinese woman with a 25-day history of headache and diplopia. A physical examination revealed incomplete left abducens nerve palsy. The initial diagnosis was invasive pituitary adenoma. The patient’s condition deteriorated suddenly the day before the arranged operating dat...

Multiple Myeloma Presenting as Thyroid Plasmacytoma

Thyroid gland and thyroid cartilage infiltration in multiple myeloma (MM) are rare. Here, we discuss a patient who presented with hoarseness of voice and was found to have a hypodense lesion in right lobe of thyroid involving thyroid and cricoid cartilage. Fine-needle aspiration cytology with immunohistochemistry revealed extramedullary plasmacytoma of thyroid. MM was ruled out initially by ser...

Neurologic Complications in Multiple Myeloma and Plasmacytoma

Extramedullary plasmacytoma associated with multiple myeloma.

A 60 years old male presented with chief complaints of gradually increasing painful swelling on the forehead in the midline for the period of one year. There was no other significant history. General examination revealed pallor. Regional examination revealed an approximately 6x6 cm sized, soft to firm, tender swelling over forehead in the midline extending superiorly upto the hairline and infer...