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Plasma cell leukemia with lobulated nuclei: One case report

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The case of an 80-year-old man with plasma cell leukemia characterized by basophilic cytoplasm, and extensive lobulated nuclei is described. In spite of the peculiar morphologic nuclei, the diagnosis was based on the presence of M protein and Bence Jones protein in the serum and urine, immunophenotypic characteristics, immunoglobulin gene rearrangement, and findings of transmission electron microscopy.

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  1. Department of Infectious Diseases, Hamamatsu Medical Center, 328 Tomitsuka, 432, Hamamatsu, Japan

    Kunio Yano

  2. Department of Hematology, Hamamatsu Medical Center, Hamamatsu, Japan

    Masahide Kobayashi & Kazunari Iijima

  3. Department of Pathology, Hamamatsu Medical Center, Hamamatsu, Japan

    Kazunori Kawane

  4. Department of Hematology, Seirei-Mikatabara Hospital, Hamamatsu, Japan

    Sumiko Hamanaka

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Yano, K., Kobayashi, M., Iijima, K. et al. Plasma cell leukemia with lobulated nuclei: One case report. Int J Clin Oncol 2, 55–57 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02492599

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