Plasmacytoma of the orbit involving lacrimal gland with secondary transformation into multiple myeloma: case report Plasmocitoma da órbita envolvendo glândula lacrimal com transformação secundária para mieloma múltiplo: relato de caso

Plasmacytoma of the orbit involving lacrimal gland with secondary transformation into multiple myeloma: case report Plasmocitoma da órbita envolvendo glândula lacrimal com transformação secundária para mieloma múltiplo: relato de caso

The authors present a rare case of plasmacytoma of the orbit involving lacrimal gland with secondary transformation into multiple myeloma in a 42-year-old woman. The lesion was surgically removed and analyzed. Histopathological examination with immunostaining revealed it to be positive for immunoglo...

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Main Authors: Ivana Lopes Romero, Felipe Augusto Garcez de Campos, Renato Wendell Ferreira Damasceno, José Vital Filho, Simone Haber Duellberg Von Faber Bison
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Conselho Brasileiro de Oftalmologia 2009-04-01
Series:Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia
Subjects:
Plasmocitoma
Neoplasias orbitárias
Aparelho lacrimal
Cadeias kappa de imunoglobulina
Invasividade neoplásica
Mieloma múltiplo
Tomografia computadorizada por raios x
Humano
Feminino
Adulto
Relatos de casos
Plasmacytoma
Orbital neoplasms
Lacrimal apparatus
Immunoglobulin kappa-chains
Neoplasm invasiveness
Multiple myeloma
Tomography, x-ray computed
Human
Female
Adult
Case reports
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