12Apr 2020

PLASMABLASTIC MYELOMA: CASE REPORT

  • Clinical Haematology Department - Military Hospital - Tunis.
  • Clinical Haematology Department - Aziza Othmana Hospital - Tunis.
  • Department of Pathology - Institut Salah Azaiez - Tunis.
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Plasmablastic myeloma is an atypical variant of multiple myeloma with a poor prognosis. We report a case of a 59-year-old-male, who was diagnosed to have plasmablastic myeloma. We emphasize the diagnostic difficulty of this type of myeloma and the therapeutic options.

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[Sami Zriba, Karima Kacem, Hela Ghedira, Raoudha Doghri, Ben Hamida Marwa, Hela Stambouli and Fehmi M Sadek (2020); PLASMABLASTIC MYELOMA: CASE REPORT Int. J. of Adv. Res. 8 (Apr). 737-741] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/10836      
DOI URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/10836

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