| Literature DB >> 25693443 |
Camila O Peña, Ximena T Valladares, Ana María H Gray, María Elena C Cabrera.
Abstract
Cutaneous involvement in multiple myeloma (MM) is extremely rare. It may correspond to plasmocytomas, secondary amyloidosis, paraneoplastic syndromes or drug reactions. We report a 75-year-old female with skin lesions, corresponding to extramedullary plasmacytomas (EPs), as a manifestation of MM progression. Most EPs appear in the upper airway and gastrointestinal tract, but have also been described in the genitourinary tract, lung, kidney, thyroid and in 2% of cases, in the skin. Cutaneous lesions are generally associated with terminal stages of the disease and a poor prognosis.Entities:
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Year: 2014 PMID: 25693443 DOI: 10.4067/S0034-98872014001200014
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Rev Med Chil ISSN: 0034-9887 Impact factor: 0.553