Plasmacytosis

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

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

Patients with plasmacytosis have been predominantly found to have lung infections (pneumonia, tuberculosis, abscess) whereas multiple myeloma is rarely found.[2]

See also

References
  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. 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.
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