Secondary Skin Plasmacytomas

Skinmed. 2017 Apr 1;15(2):153-155. eCollection 2017.

Abstract

A 78-year old man was diagnosed in 2006 with IgAκ multiple myeloma (MM) (stage III-A). The patient was referred to our dermatology department in 2012 for evaluation of erythematous skin nodules on the anterior right aspect of the thorax; the skin lesions were noted during hospitalization for multiple bone fractures. He was on fourth-line chemotherapy (with vincristine/adriamycin/dexamethasone) because of constant disease progression. The patient was unaware of the skin lesions' evolution over time and did not recall when they had first appeared. He had no pain, itching, or spontaneous bleeding.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use*
  • Biopsy, Needle
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Male
  • Multiple Myeloma / drug therapy
  • Multiple Myeloma / pathology*
  • Neoplasm Invasiveness / pathology
  • Plasmacytoma / drug therapy*
  • Plasmacytoma / pathology
  • Plasmacytoma / secondary*
  • Risk Assessment
  • Skin Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Skin Neoplasms / pathology*