Solitary Giant Primary Gastric Plasmacytoma Mimicking Gastric Adenocarcinoma In Situ
A solitary extraosseous plasmacytoma is a rare type of plasma cell neoplasm. Its occurrence in the stomach is particularly unusual and can easily be mistaken for more common types of tumors. We describe a case involving a solitary extraosseous plasmacytoma in a patient who experienced weight loss as the sole symptom. Initially, the condition was misdiagnosed as gastric adenocarcinoma based on endoscopic biopsy results, leading to a gastrectomy after neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Subsequent examination of the pathological specimen revealed the presence of plasma cell neoplasia alongside a gastric adenocarcinoma in situ.
Authors
- Patrícia Medina (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2110-1989)
- Humberto Martínez‐Cordero (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7920-5951)
- German I Salguedo
- Sergio A Bolivar
- Maria Cynthia Fuentes
Institutions
- Hospital Militar Central (CO)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cureus
- Published
- 2024-09-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.68674
- Primary Topic
- Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00