Primary plasma cell leukemia followed by testicular plasmacytoma

Caterina Giovanna Valentini; Valentina Bozzoli; Luana Fianchi; Maria Teresa Voso; Gianluigi Di Paolantonio; Marianna Criscuolo; Giuseppe Leone; Luigi Maria Larocca; Livio Pagano

doi:10.1007/s12185-010-0745-z

Primary plasma cell leukemia followed by testicular plasmacytoma

Int J Hematol. 2011 Feb;93(2):224-227. doi: 10.1007/s12185-010-0745-z. Epub 2011 Jan 13.

Authors

Caterina Giovanna Valentini¹, Valentina Bozzoli², Luana Fianchi², Maria Teresa Voso², Gianluigi Di Paolantonio², Marianna Criscuolo², Giuseppe Leone², Luigi Maria Larocca³, Livio Pagano²

Affiliations

¹ Istituto di Ematologia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Largo Francesco Vito, 1, 00168, Rome, Italy. [email protected].
² Istituto di Ematologia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Largo Francesco Vito, 1, 00168, Rome, Italy.
³ Istituto di Anatomia Patologica, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.

PMID: 21229400
DOI: 10.1007/s12185-010-0745-z

Abstract

Plasma cell leukemia (PCL) is a highly aggressive plasma cell disease characterized by a poor prognosis and a low response rate to conventional therapy. Herein, we describe a 69-year-old patient with primary PCL, developing testicular disease while in complete hematological remission, following by muscle involvement and peritoneal dissemination.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating / therapeutic use
Ascitic Fluid / pathology
Humans
Leukemia, Plasma Cell / drug therapy
Leukemia, Plasma Cell / pathology*
Leukemic Infiltration*
Male
Multiple Myeloma / pathology
Muscles / pathology
Remission Induction
Skin / pathology
Testis / pathology*

Substances

Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating