Pancreatic plasmacytomas in a patient with multiple myeloma: CT and ultrasound findings

✍ Scribed by Mary C. Olson; Carl L. Kalbhen; Harold V. Posniak

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1993
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 586 KB
• Volume: 18
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0942-8925
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00201773

✦ Synopsis

Extramedullary plasmacytomas are an unusual manifestation of multiple myeloma. They occur most frequently in tissues or organs rich in reticuloendothelial cells. Pancreatic plasmacytomas are rare, with only a few case reports in the literature. We present the ultrasound (US) and computed tomographic (CT) findings of two pancreatic plasmacytomas in a patient with multiple myeloma