%0 Journal Article
%T Florid plasmacytosis in a case of acute myeloid leukemia: A diagnostic dilemma
%A Rangan Aruna
%A Arora Bhavna
%A Rangan Pooja
%A Dadu Tina
%J Indian Journal of Medical and Paediatric Oncology
%D 2010
%I Medknow Publications
%X The association of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with plasmacytosis is a known, although rare event. There are very few case reports documenting an increase in the number of plasma cells at the time of AML diagnosis. Here, we present the case of a 65-year-old male diagnosed as acute myelomonocytic leukemia with exuberant plasmacytosis, which posed a difficulty in diagnosis. Paracrine interleukin-6 production by leukemic blast cells is thought to contribute to this associated reactive plasma cell proliferation.
%K Acute myeloid leukemia
%K myeloma
%K plasmacytosis
%U http://www.ijmpo.org/article.asp?issn=0971-5851;year=2010;volume=31;issue=1;spage=36;epage=38;aulast=Rangan