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Multiple myeloma presenting as CEA-producing rectal cancer

We report the case of a 57-year-old patient with multiple myeloma, characterized by extramedullary involvement of the rectum at presentation. Malignant plasma cells were found to produce carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), a tumor antigen more commonly associated with rectal adenocarcinomas.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Talamo, Giampaolo, Barochia, Amitkumar, Zangari, Maurizio, Loughran, Thomas P
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PagePress 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2994484/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21139949
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/rt.2010.e4