A Rare Case of Extramedullary Plasmacytosis

J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep. 2021 Jan-Dec:9:23247096211040657. doi: 10.1177/23247096211040657.

Abstract

Plasmacytosis is the abnormal proliferation of plasma cells in tissue, bone, blood, or exudates. Mucous membrane plasmacytosis is a rare form of plasmacytosis that is usually idiopathic in nature. A 68-year-old female underwent a diagnostic and therapeutic esophagogastroduodenoscopy, which revealed a friable antral erythematous gastric fold and a gastric polyp. Subsequent pathological testing was positive for diffuse polyclonal plasma cell proliferation, which was suggestive of a gastric plasmacytosis. In this article, we report a rare presentation of mucous membrane plasmacytosis.

Keywords: extramedullary plasmacytosis; mucous membrane; polyclonal.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Plasma Cells*