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Plasmacytoma manifesting as recurrent cellulitis and hematic cyst of the orbit
K Rappaport1, T J Liesegang, D H Menke
1Department of Ophthalmology, Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA.
Purpose:
To describe a patient with recurrent periorbital cellulitis and orbital blood cyst as the initial manifestation of primary extramedullary plasmacytoma.
Methods:
The chart, imaging studies, and histopathologic examination results and literature on the subject were reviewed.
Results:
Orbital surgery disclosed a hematic cyst along with a solitary plasma cell tumor.
Conclusions:
Periorbital cellulitis and pain can be a manifestation of a plasma cell tumor. Bleeding may occur within a necrotic orbital tumor.
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