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An autopsy case of primary nodal plasmacytoma associated with Sjögren’s syndrome
Author(s) -
Watanabe Kazuko,
Yatabe Yasushi,
Narita Michihiko,
Ogawa Tomoko,
Mori Naoyoshi
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
pathology international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.73
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1440-1827
pISSN - 1320-5463
DOI - 10.1046/j.1440-1827.1999.00896.x
Subject(s) - plasmacytoma , medicine , autopsy , nodal , pathology , biopsy , purpura (gastropod) , lymph node , lymph , lymph node biopsy , immunohistochemistry , multiple myeloma , biology , ecology
An 81‐year‐old man with a 1 year history of Sjögren’s syndrome and hypergammaglobulinemic purpura was admitted because of high fever and lymphadenopathy. Primary nodal plasmacytoma was suggested from the microscopic and immunohistochemical findings of an inguinal lymph node biopsy specimen. Although chemotherapy achieved a moderate response, the patient died 2 months later from respiratory and cardiac failure. We herein, is described a rare autopsy case of primary nodal plasmacytoma associated with Sjögren’s syndrome, in which the clinical course was progressive and Epstein‐Barr virus‐encoded RNA 1 was positive in a small number of neoplastic plasma cells, showing some difference from previously reported cases.