Unusual painful pelvic masses: Extramedullary hematopoiesis with extramedullary multiple myeloma

Jennifer Cai; Marian Varda; David Sin; Halline Overby; James J Yeh

doi:10.1002/ccr3.8890

Unusual painful pelvic masses: Extramedullary hematopoiesis with extramedullary multiple myeloma

Clin Case Rep. 2024 May 2;12(5):e8890. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.8890. eCollection 2024 May.

Authors

Jennifer Cai^{1

2}, Marian Varda³, David Sin⁴, Halline Overby⁵, James J Yeh^{3

6}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology Harbor-UCLA Medical Center Torrance California USA.
² University of California at Irvine Irvine California USA.
³ Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine Harbor-UCLA Medical Center Torrance California USA.
⁴ Department of Radiology Harbor-UCLA Medical Center Torrance California USA.
⁵ Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine Martin Luther King Hospital Los Angeles California USA.
⁶ David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Los Angeles California USA.

Abstract

The coexistence of extramedullary hematopoiesis and extramedullary multiple myeloma can occur and present as painful pelvic masses. In such a case, normal hematopoietic cells may outnumber clonal plasma cells, posing a diagnostic challenge.

Keywords: abdominal pain; extramedullary hematopoiesis; extramedullary multiple myeloma; pelvic mass; plasma cell.

Publication types

Case Reports