INTRACELLULAR AND EXTRACELLULAR CRYSTALLINE INCLUSIONS IN A CASE OF MYELOMA: A CASE REPORT
Author(s) -
Srinivas G.N,
Anitha B. Chalageri,
Anjana Gupta,
V Manjula
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of evolution of medical and dental sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-4802
pISSN - 2278-4748
DOI - 10.14260/jemds/195
Subject(s) - medicine , extracellular , intracellular , multiple myeloma , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
The presence of crystalline inclusions in plasma cell myeloma is a rare phenomenon and cases have been reported with rod, needle, and rectangular shaped crystals in the bone marrow. Here, we present a case of plasma cell myeloma with intracellular crystalline eosinophilic inclusions and extracellular crystal depositions in the bone marrow. Since crystal depositions can be seen in many other clinical conditions, this case invites consideration of plasma cell myeloma in the differential diagnosis of patients with crystalline deposition in the
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