An Unusual Cause of a Pathological Vertebral Fracture: Solitary Plasmacytoma

Am J Med Sci. 2020 Aug;360(2):206-207. doi: 10.1016/j.amjms.2020.04.001. Epub 2020 Apr 11.

Authors

Andrew Li¹, Gabriela Sanchez-Petitto², Katherine H R Tkaczuk³, Monika Nageshwar⁴, Zeba Singh⁴, Mehmet Kocoglu⁵

Affiliations

¹ Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland.
² Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland. Electronic address: gabriela.sanchez@umm.edu.
³ Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁴ Department of Pathology, University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁵ Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland; Division of Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland.

PMID: 32387118
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjms.2020.04.001

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use
Bortezomib / administration & dosage
Decompression, Surgical
Dexamethasone / administration & dosage
Disease Progression
Female
Fractures, Compression / diagnostic imaging
Fractures, Compression / etiology*
Fractures, Spontaneous / diagnostic imaging
Fractures, Spontaneous / etiology*
Humans
Humeral Fractures / etiology
Humeral Fractures / surgery
Immunoglobulin A / blood
Immunoglobulin G / blood
Immunoglobulin M / blood
Laminectomy
Lenalidomide / administration & dosage
Multiple Myeloma / blood
Multiple Myeloma / complications
Multiple Myeloma / diagnostic imaging
Multiple Myeloma / drug therapy
Plasmacytoma / complications*
Plasmacytoma / diagnostic imaging
Plasmacytoma / pathology
Plasmacytoma / surgery
Positron-Emission Tomography
Spinal Cord Compression / diagnostic imaging
Spinal Cord Compression / etiology
Spinal Cord Compression / pathology
Spinal Cord Compression / surgery
Spinal Fractures / diagnostic imaging
Spinal Fractures / etiology*
Spinal Neoplasms / complications*
Spinal Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Spinal Neoplasms / pathology
Spinal Neoplasms / surgery
Thoracic Vertebrae / diagnostic imaging
Thoracic Vertebrae / surgery
Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

Immunoglobulin A
Immunoglobulin G
Immunoglobulin M
Bortezomib
Dexamethasone
Lenalidomide