Korean J Clin Pathol.  1997 Aug;17(4):547-552.

Plasma Cell Leukemia Having Pseudopods: A Case Report

• Ryu NH
• Kim SG
• Jeon CH
• Suh HS
• Shin DG

Abstract

Plasma col1 leukemia with motility-related morphological behavior is rarely studied. The plasma cells have variable degrees of cytoplasmic morphologies as dairy Projections, long extensions and pseudopods. These morphological evidences show the papa bility of wide spread and dissemination of disease itself. We present a case of a 38 year old woman who had back pain for 4 months and was diagnosed as a solitary plasmacytoma of the third lumbar vertebra. In spite of resection of the tumor and chemotherapy, the plasmacytoma was disseminated into both breasts and ovaries within less than a year. On her blood examination, we counted 34% of plasma cells in peripheral blood and 91.6% of plasma cells in bone marrow aspiration. Most of them resealed hairy projections and pseudopods of the cytoplasm.

MeSH Terms

Adult
Back Pain
Bone Marrow
Breast
Cytoplasm
Drug Therapy
Female
Humans
Leukemia
Leukemia, Plasma Cell*
Ovary
Plasma Cells*
Plasma*
Plasmacytoma
Spine