l

Immature Plasma Cells, Obtained from a Malignant Pleural Effusion - 1.

Immature Plasma Cells, Obtained from a Malignant Pleural Effusion - 1.
#00003232
Author: Jon Fukumoto; Yu Wong; Steven Coutre;
Category: Lymphoma: Mature B-cell and Plasma cell Neoplasms > Plasma Cell Neoplasm
Published Date: 11/01/2006

A patient with multiple myeloma, whose disease included a thoracic plasmacytoma, presented with a pleural effusion. Needle aspiration yielded a bloody pleural effusion, which was collected in an EDTA tube. Cytospin revealed numerous plasma cells, including both mature and immature forms.