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Plasmacytoma
Medical Definition: | Any discrete, presumably solitary, mass of neoplastic plasma cells either in bone marrow or various extramedullary sites. |
Guide Notes: | solitary = PLASMACYTOMA; multiple = MULTIPLE MYELOMA; /blood supply /chem /second /secret /ultrastruct permitted; coord IM with precoord organ/neopl term (IM) |
Multiple Myeloma - A malignant tumor of plasma cells usually arising in the bone marrow; characterized by diffuse involvement of the skeletal system, hyperglobulinemia, Bence-Jones proteinuria, and anemia. |
Plasmacytoma Medical Definitions and Terms
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