Soft tissue amyloidoma with features of plasmacytoma: A case report and review of the literature

From: Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine | Date: August 1, 2002| Author: Yin, Hong; Alhasan, Nasir; Ciervo, Alfonso; Zinterhofer, Louis | Copyright information

A Case Report and Review of the Literature

* Soft tissue amyloidoma is rare, and soft tissue amyloidoma associated with plasmacytoma and without evidence of systemic amyloidosis is even more rare. We report a case of soft tissue amyloidoma associated with an apparently localized monoclonal proliferation of plasma cells (plasmacytoma).

(Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2002;126:969-971)

Tumorlike presentation of amyloidosis (amyloidoma) in soft tissue is a rare condition and is usu...

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