Nonsecretory Multiple Myeloma Presenting as an Intestinal Tumor

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...

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Published in:Case reports in hematology 2015-01, Vol.2015 (2015), p.1-5
Main Authors: Rokicka, Margaret, Bin, Ayub Ali, Adiyodi, Jagdish, Gkikas, Ioannis, Cargo, Catherine, Mellor, Stuart, Triantafyllopoulou, Diana, Sahasrabudhe, Neil
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abdomen
Biopsy
Bone marrow
Case Report
Flow cytometry
Gastroenterology
Lymphoma
Medical imaging
Medical prognosis
Multiple myeloma
Plasma
Proteins
Urine
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Summary: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.
ISSN:2090-6560
2090-6579
DOI:10.1155/2015/818715