Plasma Cell Leukemia Having Pseudopods: A Case Report.
- Author:
Nam Hee RYU
;
Sang Gyung KIM
;
Chang Ho JEON
;
Hun Suk SUH
;
Dong Gun SHIN
- Publication Type:Case Report
- MeSH:
Adult;
Back Pain;
Bone Marrow;
Breast;
Cytoplasm;
Drug Therapy;
Female;
Humans;
Leukemia;
Leukemia, Plasma Cell*;
Ovary;
Plasma Cells*;
Plasma*;
Plasmacytoma;
Spine
- From:Korean Journal of Clinical Pathology
1997;17(4):547-552
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Plasma col1 leukemia with motility-related morphological behavior is rarely studied. The plasma cells have variable degrees of cytoplasmic morphologies as dairy Projections, long extensions and pseudopods. These morphological evidences show the papa bility of wide spread and dissemination of disease itself. We present a case of a 38 year old woman who had back pain for 4 months and was diagnosed as a solitary plasmacytoma of the third lumbar vertebra. In spite of resection of the tumor and chemotherapy, the plasmacytoma was disseminated into both breasts and ovaries within less than a year. On her blood examination, we counted 34% of plasma cells in peripheral blood and 91.6% of plasma cells in bone marrow aspiration. Most of them resealed hairy projections and pseudopods of the cytoplasm.
