Multiple Myeloma Presenting as a Testicular Mass

Primary testicular plasmacytoma is extremly rare and only a few cases have been reported(1–5)). Testicular involvement in the course of multiple myeloma is just as rare and it implies a poor prognosis, expressing an acceleration of the malignant process(6–9)). We present the case of a patient with m...

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Autores principales: Kang, Min Jong, Kim, Tae You, Bang, Yung-Jue, Heo, Dae Seog, Park, Seonyang, Kim, Byoung Kook, Kim, Noe Kyoung, Kim, Chul Woo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Association of Internal Medicine 1994
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4532051/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8038145
http://dx.doi.org/10.3904/kjim.1994.9.1.39
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author Kang, Min Jong
Kim, Tae You
Bang, Yung-Jue
Heo, Dae Seog
Park, Seonyang
Kim, Byoung Kook
Kim, Noe Kyoung
Kim, Chul Woo
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Kim, Tae You
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description Primary testicular plasmacytoma is extremly rare and only a few cases have been reported(1–5)). Testicular involvement in the course of multiple myeloma is just as rare and it implies a poor prognosis, expressing an acceleration of the malignant process(6–9)). We present the case of a patient with multiple myeloma presenting as a testicular mass. The literature is reviewed and testicular involvement in plasma cell neoplasms is discussed.
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spelling pubmed-45320512015-10-02 Multiple Myeloma Presenting as a Testicular Mass Kang, Min Jong Kim, Tae You Bang, Yung-Jue Heo, Dae Seog Park, Seonyang Kim, Byoung Kook Kim, Noe Kyoung Kim, Chul Woo Korean J Intern Med Original Article Primary testicular plasmacytoma is extremly rare and only a few cases have been reported(1–5)). Testicular involvement in the course of multiple myeloma is just as rare and it implies a poor prognosis, expressing an acceleration of the malignant process(6–9)). We present the case of a patient with multiple myeloma presenting as a testicular mass. The literature is reviewed and testicular involvement in plasma cell neoplasms is discussed. Korean Association of Internal Medicine 1994-01 /pmc/articles/PMC4532051/ /pubmed/8038145 http://dx.doi.org/10.3904/kjim.1994.9.1.39 Text en Copyright © 1994 The Korean Association of Internal Medicine This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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