A case of steroid-refractory organizing pneumonia (OP) as the initial presentation of plasma cell leukemia (PCL) in a patient who had no prior exposure to chemotherapy or radiation is described. Since OP is traditionally a steroid-responsive disease, this case raises the possibility of a previously unknown patient subgroup with variable…
Abstract:Plasma cell leukemia (PCL) is a rare plasma cell disorder. It is the leukemic variant of multiple myeloma. A 52-year-old man with an atypical presentation of primary plasma cell leukemia is reported. The patient presented with paraparesis which progressively worsened to paraplegia. MRI of the spine showed an extradural mass…
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