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Single Cutaneous Plasmacytoma With Crystalloid Inclusions
Michael Klein, MD;
Edith Grishman, MD
Arch Dermatol. 1977;113(1):64-68.
Abstract
• A patient had a primary cutaneous plasmacytoma of the cheek. Histologic studies showed dense aggregates of plasma cells admixed with occasional histiocytes. The cytoplasm of the histiocytes contained needle-like structures. Electron microscopy showed these structures to be completely enclosed within smooth membranes. They often were rhombic, with occasional broken-off corners. It is hypothesized that these structures represent protein that has been secreted by the plasma cells and subsequently phagocytosed and stored in crystalloid form by the neighboring histiocytes.
The patient is asymptomatic 1 years after removal of the tumor.
(Arch Dermatol 113:64-68, 1977)
Author Affiliations
From the Departments of Pathology (Dr Grishman) and Dermatology (Dr Klein), City Hospital Center, Elmhurst, NY, and the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, City University of New York.
Footnotes
Accepted for publication Aug 12, 1975.
Read in part before the Dermatology Section of the New York Academy of Medicine, May 7, 1974.
Reprint requests to 786 Montauk Hwy, West Islip, NY 11795 (Dr Klein).
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