Extramedullary Plasmacytoma of the Pancreas: A Rare Entity

Extramedullary plasmacytomas are plasma cell neoplasms in organs other than the bone marrow. Most are found in the upper respiratory tract. Involvement of the pancreas is rare. We report a case of pancreatic plasmacytoma in association with advanced multiple myeloma.

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Main Authors: Smith, Alexis, Hal, Hassan, Frauenhoffer, Elizabeth
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3375071/
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spelling pubmed-33750712012-06-20 Extramedullary Plasmacytoma of the Pancreas: A Rare Entity Smith, Alexis Hal, Hassan Frauenhoffer, Elizabeth Case Report Extramedullary plasmacytomas are plasma cell neoplasms in organs other than the bone marrow. Most are found in the upper respiratory tract. Involvement of the pancreas is rare. We report a case of pancreatic plasmacytoma in association with advanced multiple myeloma. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012 2012-06-07 /pmc/articles/PMC3375071/ /pubmed/22720182 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/798264 Text en Copyright © 2012 Alexis Smith et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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author Smith, Alexis
Hal, Hassan
Frauenhoffer, Elizabeth
spellingShingle Smith, Alexis
Hal, Hassan
Frauenhoffer, Elizabeth
Extramedullary Plasmacytoma of the Pancreas: A Rare Entity
author_facet Smith, Alexis
Hal, Hassan
Frauenhoffer, Elizabeth
author_sort Smith, Alexis
title Extramedullary Plasmacytoma of the Pancreas: A Rare Entity
title_short Extramedullary Plasmacytoma of the Pancreas: A Rare Entity
title_full Extramedullary Plasmacytoma of the Pancreas: A Rare Entity
title_fullStr Extramedullary Plasmacytoma of the Pancreas: A Rare Entity
title_full_unstemmed Extramedullary Plasmacytoma of the Pancreas: A Rare Entity
title_sort extramedullary plasmacytoma of the pancreas: a rare entity
description Extramedullary plasmacytomas are plasma cell neoplasms in organs other than the bone marrow. Most are found in the upper respiratory tract. Involvement of the pancreas is rare. We report a case of pancreatic plasmacytoma in association with advanced multiple myeloma.
publisher Hindawi Publishing Corporation
publishDate 2012
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3375071/
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