Case for diagnosis

Cutaneous involvement associated to multiple myeloma varies from 5 to 10% of cases and is infrequently recognized. Cutaneous metastatic plasmacitomas are rare. We present the case of a 72-year-old man with multiple myeloma in complete remission since 2 years ago with cutaneous tumors on the trunk an...

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Autores principales: Santos, Guida, Sousa, Lourdes, Fernandes, Teresa, João, Alexandre
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2014
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What Is Your Diagnosis?
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3938377/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24626671
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20142431
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author Santos, Guida
Sousa, Lourdes
Fernandes, Teresa
João, Alexandre
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description Cutaneous involvement associated to multiple myeloma varies from 5 to 10% of cases and is infrequently recognized. Cutaneous metastatic plasmacitomas are rare. We present the case of a 72-year-old man with multiple myeloma in complete remission since 2 years ago with cutaneous tumors on the trunk and face. A cutaneous biopsy was consistent with plasmacytoma. The patient was treated with melphalan, prednisolone and radiotherapy. Despite optimal therapeutic response of the lesions, the disease progressed, with the appearance of new extra-cutaneous plasmocytomas. The cutaneous metastatic plasmocytomas were the first sign of progression of the disease.
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spelling pubmed-39383772014-03-07 Case for diagnosis Santos, Guida Sousa, Lourdes Fernandes, Teresa João, Alexandre An Bras Dermatol What Is Your Diagnosis? Cutaneous involvement associated to multiple myeloma varies from 5 to 10% of cases and is infrequently recognized. Cutaneous metastatic plasmacitomas are rare. We present the case of a 72-year-old man with multiple myeloma in complete remission since 2 years ago with cutaneous tumors on the trunk and face. A cutaneous biopsy was consistent with plasmacytoma. The patient was treated with melphalan, prednisolone and radiotherapy. Despite optimal therapeutic response of the lesions, the disease progressed, with the appearance of new extra-cutaneous plasmocytomas. The cutaneous metastatic plasmocytomas were the first sign of progression of the disease. Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC3938377/ /pubmed/24626671 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20142431 Text en ®2013 by Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3938377/
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