Case Report on Primary Extramedullary Plasmacytoma Originating in the Lacrimal Gland.
- Author:
Ki Ryong NAM
1
;
Woojin LEE
;
Joon Soon KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Chunan Hospital, Chunan, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Extramedullary plasmacytoma;
Plasma cell
- MeSH:
Adult;
Bone Marrow;
Exophthalmos;
Humans;
Lacrimal Apparatus*;
Neoplasm Metastasis;
Plasma Cells;
Plasmacytoma*;
Stem Cells;
Survival Rate
- From:Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
1998;39(4):771-776
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Most plasmacytomas originate from the bone marrow and only 3% of these tumors are from the soft tissues outside the bone marrow. Mean survival rate and clinical manifestations including metastasis and response to therapy are quite different from each other. Although both groups share plasma cell as their stem cell, these two groups are presumed to be different disease entities. The authors report a rare case of extramedullary plasmacytoma of lacrimal gland origin in a 42-year-old man who presented with painless proptosis.
