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2461399

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5 Pt 1
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-1-9
pubmed:abstractText
We recently performed a retrospective clinicopathologic study of five patients with cutaneous involvement of multiple myeloma or extramedullary plasmacytoma. Cutaneous nodules without extension from an underlying bony focus of disease developed in each case. In two cases skin lesions occurred in the more common setting of advanced disease, but in two others skin lesions provided early clues to the diagnosis. In three patients the appearance of skin lesions heralded a rapidly deteriorating clinical course, but two other patients had reasonably long survivals despite cutaneous disease (6 and 3 years, respectively). Two histopathologic configurations were identified in cutaneous lesions: nodular and infiltrative. Both patients with the latter form had multiple myeloma. In all cases tumor cells were pyroninophilic. Immunoperoxidase studies on fixed, paraffin-embedded tissues confirmed the electrophoretic findings in two cases, but findings were equivocal in three others. In one case, cells were positive for epithelial membrane antigen, and in another, alpha 1-antichymotrypsin-positive cells were observed in the centers of tumor islands. Cutaneous involvement with plasma cell neoplasms is recognized infrequently. Immunohistochemical techniques may prove to be valuable in evaluating these cases, but they are not without technical and interpretative difficulties.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0190-9622
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
19
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
879-90
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Cutaneous involvement of multiple myeloma and extramedullary plasmacytoma.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pathology, Medical College of Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Case Reports