Extramedullary plasmacytoma in cardiac transplant recipients

J Am Acad Dermatol. 2003 Nov;49(5 Suppl):S255-8. doi: 10.1016/s0190-9622(03)00452-3.

Abstract

Extramedullary plasmacytomas are an immunoproliferative, monoclonal disease of B-cell lineage and are classified as non-Hodgkin's lymphomas. Cutaneous extramedullary plasmacytomas are rare. We report 2 cases of transplantation-associated cutaneous extramedullary plasmacytomas in a setting of chronic immunosuppression.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Forearm
  • Heart Transplantation*
  • Humans
  • Immunocompromised Host*
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Lower Extremity
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Plasmacytoma / diagnosis*
  • Plasmacytoma / pathology
  • Skin Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Skin Neoplasms / pathology