Plasmacytosis

Plasmacytosis

Plasmacytosis

Medical condition

This article is about the disease found in humans. For the disease that affects mustelids, see Aleutian disease.

Plasmacytosis is a condition in which there is an unusually large proportion of plasma cells in tissues, exudates, or blood.[1]: 743  Plasmacytosis may be divided into two types—cutaneous and systemic—both of which have identical skin findings.[1]: 743  Patients with plasmacytosis have been predominantly found to have lung infections (pneumonia, tuberculosis, abscess) whereas multiple myeloma is rarely found.[2]

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  1. [1]
    James, William D.; Berger, Timothy G.; et al. (2006). Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: clinical Dermatology. Saunders Elsevier. ISBN 978-0-7216-2921-6.
  2. [2]
    Callaway, MW; Braud, EL; McDonald, CR; Paine, CJ; Eichner, ER (Feb 1977). "Clinical correlates of bone marrow plasmacytosis". Southern Medical Journal. 70 (2): 138–41, 152. doi:10.1097/00007611-197702000-00004. PMID 841386. S2CID 30558250.


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