Monoclonal gammopathies comprise a group of disorders characterized by the neoplastic proliferation of a single clone of plasma cells. Multiple myeloma (MM; plasma-cell myeloma, myelomatosis, Kahler’s disease) is the prototype of monoclonal plasma cell disorders, accounting for 1% of all newly diagnosed cancers and 10% of all hematologic malignancies. It is the second most frequent hematologic ...

Patients with hematologic malignancies are immunosuppressive and may develop cutaneous or invasive infections as a primary sign of immune suppression. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (acute myeloid leukemia M3) is caused by translocation of reciprocal chromosomal rearrangement t(15;17), which produces an oncogenic protein. We herein describe a 71-year-old man having cellulitis with leukocytopenia ...

BACKGROUND Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) cause severe infections among patients with malignancy, and these infections are usually preceded by gastrointestinal colonization. METHODS We searched the PubMed and EMBASE databases (up to May 26, 2016) to identify studies that reported data on VRE gastrointestinal colonization among patients with solid or hematologic malignancy. RESULTS T...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to evaluate the mortality rates associated with cerebral venous-sinus thrombosis in a large national sample. METHODS A cohort of patients with cerebral venous-sinus thrombosis was identified from the National Inpatient Sample database for the years 2000 to 2007. According to the International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, Clinic...

Zosteriform metastasis is a rare clinical distribution from spreading neoplasms of every organ to the skin. Tumors most often arise from a n internal o r hematologic malignancy. W e report a 69-year-old man, a known case of malignant melanoma of the left heel. In this case, multiple red-brown metastatic nodules appeared four months after diagnosis. Distribution of metastatic lesions resemb...