<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Plasma cell leukemia (PCL) is one of the most aggressive monoclonal gammopathies, being characterized by the presence of more than 20% of plasma cells in the peripheral blood and an absolute number of these cells of more than 2×10<sup>9</sup>, with different morphology, from young elements to mature cells. The incidence of PCL varies between 2–4% among multiple myeloma (MM) patients. In comparison with MM, PCL appears more often in younger patients. The following article describes the case of a 49-year-old female patient diagnosed with PCL which needed urgent control of the clinical manifestations due to its irreversible complications. Urgent autologous stem cell transplantation is recommended in this group of patients.</p></abstract>

Plasma cell leukemia (PCL) is one of the most aggressive monoclonal gammopathies, being characterized by the presence of more than 20% of plasma cells in the peripheral blood and an absolute number of these cells of more than 2×109, with different morphology, from young elements to mature cells. The incidence of PCL varies between 2–4% among multiple myeloma (MM) patients. In comparison with MM, PCL appears more often in younger patients. The following article describes the case of a 49-year-old female patient diagnosed with PCL which needed urgent control of the clinical manifestations due to its irreversible complications. Urgent autologous stem cell transplantation is recommended in this group of patients.

Leukemia with Plasma Cells — Case Report

Clinic of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit

Journal of Interdisciplinary Medicine

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Plasma cell leukemia (PCL) is one of the most aggressive monoclonal gammopathies, being characterized by the presence of more than 20% of plasma cells in the...

Leukemia with Plasma Cells — Case Report

Published Online: Nov 07, 2017

Page range: 275 - 277

Received: Oct 22, 2016

Accepted: Dec 17, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jim-2017-0072

Keywords
plasma cell leukemia, multiple myeloma, autologous stem cell transplantation

© 2017 István Benedek et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Leukemia with Plasma Cells — Case Report

Published Online: Nov 07, 2017

Page range: 275 - 277

Received: Oct 22, 2016

Accepted: Dec 17, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jim-2017-0072

Keywordsplasma cell leukemia, multiple myeloma, autologous stem cell transplantation

© 2017 István Benedek et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
plasma cell leukemia, multiple myeloma, autologous stem cell transplantation