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Real-time Imaging of Myeloid Cells Dynamics in ApcMin/+ Intestinal Tumors by Spinning Disk Confocal Microscopy
Published on: October 6, 2014
Nonsecretory multiple myeloma presenting as an intestinal tumor
Diana Triantafyllopoulou1, Stuart Mellor2, Catherine Cargo3
1Hematology Department, Royal Blackburn Hospital, Haslingden Road, Blackburn, Lancashire BB2 3HH, UK.
Abstract:
We report a case of a 43-year-old Caucasian man who presented with colicky abdominal pain and microcytic hypochromic anemia. The patient underwent a colonoscopy where a tumor was seen in the ascending colon; histology showed plasmacytoma of the colon. From the protein electrophoresis, no monoclonal band or free light chains were detected nor was urinary Bence Jones protein present. A bone marrow biopsy showed plasma cell myeloma. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of nonsecretory multiple myeloma presenting as plasmacytoma of the colon.
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