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Multiple cutaneous plasmacytomas following an autologous peripheral stem cell transplant
Author(s) -
AhWeng A.,
CharlesHolmes R.,
Rose P.,
Basu S.,
Marsden J. R.,
Sanders D. S. A.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
clinical and experimental dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.587
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1365-2230
pISSN - 0307-6938
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2230.2002.01039.x
Subject(s) - medicine , multiple myeloma , stem cell , peripheral blood , bone marrow , peripheral , plasmacytoma , pathology , biology , genetics
Summary We describe the unusual development of multiple cutaneous plasmacytomas following treatment of IgA lambda myeloma with myeloablative therapy and a peripheral blood stem cell autograft. Cutaneous metastatic spread was evident despite bone marrow remission. Treatment with an autograft may have contributed to the cutaneous relapse.