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ENDOSCOPIC MUCOSAL RESECTION OF A SOLITARY GASTRIC PLASMACYTOMA
Author(s) -
Roost Jennifer,
Mai Hugh,
Banerjee Subhas,
Longacre Teri,
Van Dam Jacques
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
digestive endoscopy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.5
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1443-1661
pISSN - 0915-5635
DOI - 10.1111/j.1443-1661.2007.00686.x
Subject(s) - medicine , plasmacytoma , plasma cell neoplasm , plasma cell leukemia , extramedullary plasmacytoma , multiple myeloma , plasma cell , neoplasm , endoscopic mucosal resection , pathology , endoscopy
Gastrointestinal plasmacytoma typically occurs in the setting of a systemic plasma cell neoplasm such as multiple myeloma or plasma cell leukemia. Rarely, a solitary plasmacytoma is identified. Surgical excision of early, isolated plasmacytomas is usually curative. We report on endoscopic excision of a solitary gastrointestinal plasmacytoma.