Subcutaneous plasmacytomas with tropism to sites of previous trauma in a multiple myeloma patient treated with an autologous bone marrow transplant.

Abstract

We report the case of a 59-year-old woman with Durie-Salmon stage IIIB IgGkappa multiple myeloma (MM), who presented 83 days after autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) with multiple subcutaneous plasmacytomas. These lesions were confined exclusively to sites where the patient had sustained local trauma. The patient had no pre-transplant history of extramedullary disease and no evidence of plasma cells in the peripheral blood at any time throughout the course of her disease. This case represents the first report of refractory MM presenting as multiple subcutaneous plasmacytomas with specific tropism to sites of previous trauma. Selection of tumor cell subclones with unique chemokine receptor expression profiles that may explain this clinical observation is discussed.

• Authors: Michael D Rosenblum, Christopher N Bredeson, Chung-Che Chang, J Douglas Rizzo
• Journal: American journal of hematology (Am J Hematol) Vol. 72 Issue 4 Pg. 274-7 (Apr 2003) ISSN: 0361-8609 [Print] United States
• PMID: 12666140 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
• Copyright: Copyright 2003 Wiley-Liss, Inc.

Chemical References

• Chemokines

Topics

• Bone Marrow Transplantation
• Catheterization, Central Venous (adverse effects)
• Cell Movement
• Chemokines (physiology)
• Fatal Outcome
• Female
• Head and Neck Neoplasms (secondary)
• Humans
• Injections, Intravenous (adverse effects)
• Injections, Subcutaneous (adverse effects)
• Middle Aged
• Multiple Myeloma (pathology, secondary, therapy)
• Neoplastic Stem Cells (pathology)
• Organ Specificity
• Phlebotomy (adverse effects)
• Recurrence
• Skin (injuries)
• Skin Neoplasms (secondary)
• Transplantation, Autologous