Extramedullary plasmacytoma of the breast simulating breast cancer
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C van Nieuwkoop1, R W Giard, H F Veen
1Department of Internal Medicine, Ikazia Hospital, Montessoriweg 1, 3083 AN, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. ikazint@knmg.nl
The Netherlands Journal of Medicine
|April 28, 2001
Abstract:
A patient with a palpable mass in the breast suggestive of carcinoma underwent radical modified mastectomy. Surprisingly, histology of the tumor revealed an extramedullary plasmacytoma. Further diagnostic work up showed no evidence of underlying multiple myeloma. Among neoplastic lesions of the breast, although rare, malignancy of mesenchymal or lymphoproliferative origin should always be considered.
