Multiple cutaneous plasmacytomas following an autologous peripheral stem cell transplant

• Published in: Clinical and experimental dermatology Vol. 27; no. 4; pp. 293 - 295
• Main Authors: Ah-Weng, A., Charles-Holmes, R., Rose, P., Basu, S., Marsden, J. R., Sanders, D. S. A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Science Ltd 01.06.2002; Blackwell; Oxford University Press
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; Dermatology; Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation - adverse effects; Humans; Immunoglobulin lambda-Chains; Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects); Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Multiple Myeloma - etiology; Paraproteinemias - etiology; Pathology. Cytology. Biochemistry. Spectrometry. Miscellaneous investigative techniques; Plasmacytoma - secondary; Plasmacytoma - therapy; Skin Neoplasms - etiology; Skin Neoplasms - secondary; Transplantation, Autologous; Human; Immunopathology; IgA; Multiple; Stem cell; Malignant hemopathy; Autologous system; Myeloma; Case study; Lambda point; Pathology; Histopathology; Treatment; Immunoglobulinopathy; Surgery; Lymphoproliferative syndrome; Complication; Graft; Mucocutaneous; Plasmacytoma
• ISSN: 0307-6938; 1365-2230
• DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2230.2002.01039.x

Summary We describe the unusual development of multiple cutaneous plasmacytomas following treatment of IgA lambda myeloma with myeloablative therapy and a peripheral blood stem cell autograft. Cutaneous metastatic spread was evident despite bone marrow remission. Treatment with an autograft may have contributed to the cutaneous relapse.