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Spontaneous regression of extramedullary plasmacytoma —A case report

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A case of extramedullary plasmacytoma in the soft tissues of the posterior chest wall of an 80-year old man is reported herein. Immunofluorescence study showed that the tumor cells produced IgGλ. An M-component was also detected in the patient’s serum by paper electrophoresis. Two months following the open biopsy done to establish diagnosis, the tumor underwent spontaneous regression and the M-component in the serum also disappeared. This is the first case report of spontaneous regression of an extramedullary plasmacytoma and the probable reasons for this spontaneous regression are discussed herein.

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  1. Department of Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, 110029, New Delhi, India

    Arunabh, S. Bal, A. K. Sarda, N. K. Shukla MD & M. M. Kapur

  2. Department of Pathology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, 110029, New Delhi, India

    S. Dutta Gupta & M. Vijayraghavan

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Arunabh, Dutta Gupta, S., Bal, S. et al. Spontaneous regression of extramedullary plasmacytoma —A case report. The Japanese Journal of Surgery 18, 455–459 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02471472

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