Solitary extramedullary plasmacytomas are rare plasma cell malignancies, particularly outside the upper aerodigestive tract.
A 90-year-old male presented with a penile mass suspicious for penile carcinoma. Pathology revealed the tumor to be an Epstein-Barr virus-associated plasmacytoma with no radiographic evidence of bone or other soft tissue involvement. There was no laboratory evidence of multiple myeloma.
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Scarberry K, Jegalian A, Valent J, Wood HM. Are you the author?
Case Western Reserve University, SOM, Cleveland, Ohio, USA; Department of Clinical Pathology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA; Department of Regional Oncology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA; Cleveland Clinic Foundation Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Reference: Urol Ann. 2014 Jul;6(3):242-3.
doi: 10.4103/0974-7796.134286
PubMed Abstract
PMID: 25125899
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