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AN UNUSUAL CASE OF CUTANEOUS PLASMACYTOSIS
Author(s) -
Aso Miki,
Shimao Shuhei
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
the journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1346-8138
pISSN - 0385-2407
DOI - 10.1111/j.1346-8138.1982.tb02617.x
Subject(s) - plasmacytosis , pathology , dermis , bence jones protein , antibody , atypia , gamma globulin , medicine , etiology , immunology , immunoglobulin light chain , bone marrow
A seventy‐five year old man has had numerous papules over his entire body for about 50 years without any systemic involvement. Histological examination revealed that many plasma cells and a few lymphoid cells had infiltrated into the dermis. The plasma cells did not show any atypia. Laboratory examinations, including Bence‐Jones' protein, serum gammaglobulin, and immunoglobulins, demonstrated no abnormal findings. We consider this case not to be a true tumor but rather a benign reactive proliferation of plasma cells in the skin, although its etiology is unclear.