Primary Plasmacytoma of the Sigmoid Colon
Journal of the Korean Surgical Society
; : 172-175, 2003.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM (Western Pacific)
| ID: wpr-187355
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ABSTRACT
Plasmacytoma is a lymphoid neoplasm with the histological, immunological, and functional features of an immunoglobulin- secreting B cell proliferation. Intestinal involvement may be a manifestation of a diffuse multiple myeloma or less commonly, a primary tumor. Gastric plasmacytomas occur more frequently than intestinal plasmacytomas. We experienced a woman who had a primary extramedullary plasmacytoma that originated in the sigmoid colon. She had suffered from abdominal pain and diarrhea for 4 months and underwent a colonoscopy examination. A colonoscopic biopsy revealed it to be ulcerative colitis, and she underwent a total colectomy as a result. However, the permanent biopsy finding was a plasmacytoma. We review the clinical manifestations, as well as the radiological and histopathological findings of a plasmacytoma.
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Health context:
Neglected Diseases
Health problem:
Diarrhea
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Neglected Diseases
Database:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Plasmacytoma
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Colon, Sigmoid
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Biopsy
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Colitis, Ulcerative
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Abdominal Pain
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Colonoscopy
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Colectomy
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Cell Proliferation
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Diarrhea
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Multiple Myeloma
Limits:
Female
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Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of the Korean Surgical Society
Year:
2003
Document type:
Article