1. Nonsecretory Multiple Myeloma Presenting as an Intestinal Tumor.
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Triantafyllopoulou, Diana, Mellor, Stuart, Cargo, Catherine, Gkikas, Ioannis, Adiyodi, Jagdish, Bin, Ayub Ali, Sahasrabudhe, Neil, and Rokicka, Margaret
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MULTIPLE myeloma ,INTESTINAL tumors ,HYPOCHROMIC anemia ,COLONOSCOPY ,COLON tumors ,ABDOMINAL pain ,ELECTROPHORESIS - Abstract
We report a case of a 43-year-old Caucasian man who presented with colicky abdominal pain and microcytic hypochromic anemia. The patient underwent a colonoscopy where a tumor was seen in the ascending colon; histology showed plasmacytoma of the colon. From the protein electrophoresis, no monoclonal band or free light chains were detected nor was urinary Bence Jones protein present. A bone marrow biopsy showed plasma cell myeloma. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of nonsecretory multiple myeloma presenting as plasmacytoma of the colon. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2015
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