Secondary Plasma Cell Leukemia: A Case Report

Plasma cell leukemia (PCL) is a rare and aggressive variant of myeloma and has a poor prognosis. It needs prompt recognition in order to institute timely treatment. Given its relatively low incidence, it is an evolving area of research as well. This case report describes a patient with PCL in the se...

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Autores principales: Swaminathan, Neeraja, Varadi, Gabor
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Pathology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7305577/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32577333
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.8693
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description Plasma cell leukemia (PCL) is a rare and aggressive variant of myeloma and has a poor prognosis. It needs prompt recognition in order to institute timely treatment. Given its relatively low incidence, it is an evolving area of research as well. This case report describes a patient with PCL in the setting of a previously treated myeloma. The report also reviews the clinicopathologic, cytogenetic, and immunophenotypic characteristics of PCL and its management.
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spelling pubmed-73055772020-06-22 Secondary Plasma Cell Leukemia: A Case Report Swaminathan, Neeraja Varadi, Gabor Cureus Pathology Plasma cell leukemia (PCL) is a rare and aggressive variant of myeloma and has a poor prognosis. It needs prompt recognition in order to institute timely treatment. Given its relatively low incidence, it is an evolving area of research as well. This case report describes a patient with PCL in the setting of a previously treated myeloma. The report also reviews the clinicopathologic, cytogenetic, and immunophenotypic characteristics of PCL and its management. Cureus 2020-06-19 /pmc/articles/PMC7305577/ /pubmed/32577333 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.8693 Text en Copyright © 2020, Swaminathan et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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