Session 1 of the 2009 Workshop of the Society for Hematopathology/European Association of Haematopathology, Cleveland, OH, focused on plasma cell neoplasms. This report summarizes the salient diagnostic, clinical, and genetic features of plasma cell myeloma (PCM) and related neoplasms. Based on the cases submitted to the workshop, we highlight common diagnostic issues and unusual manifestations...

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...

Plasmacytoma is an extremely rare and discrete solitary mass of neoplastic monoclonal plasma cells. Extramedullary plasmacytoma (EMP) tends to occur during the fifth and seventh decades of life and is rarely diagnosed in younger patients. Only four cases of EMP have been previously reported in relatively young patients. Here we report a 15-year-old patient presenting with long-term nasal obstru...

INTRODUCTION  The extramedullary plasmocytoma is one of the localized forms of malignancy of the plasma cells, which has multiple myeloma main diagnosis. Its main site to the head and neck, but with a rare presentation in the larynx. OBJECTIVE  To describe a case of extramedullary plasmocytoma of the larynx, with literature review. CASE REPORT  Patient female, 49, referring to intermittent ...