Retrobulbar secondary plasmacytoma: a case report and systematic review of the literature

Authors

  • Mehrdad Payandeh Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran
  • Noorodin Karami Department of Genetics, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
  • Soode Enayati Department of Biotechnology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
  • Afshin Karami Department of Hematology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  • Mehrnoush Aeinfar Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran
  • Fatemeh Yari Department of Nursing and Midwifery, Imam Reza Hospital, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15419/bmrat.v5i9.482

Keywords:

Extramedullary plasmacytoma, Multiple myeloma, Orbital involvement, Retrobulbar

Abstract

Multiple myeloma is described by the proliferation of malignant plasma cells, in which orbital involvement is rare. In this report, we collected all cases with orbital multiple myeloma from 2009 to 2018 and investigated the characteristics such as sex, age, common orbital symptoms, unilateral or bilateral and different therapeutic options. Also, we reported an uncommon case of multiple myeloma that has been developed into plasmacytoma. Our patient had been initially diagnosed with multiple myeloma, but after a few months, the disease had progressed to secondary extramedullary plasmacytoma in the retrobulbar. Therapeutic measures, such as surgery to prevent its development in the patient's eye, were successful.

Author Biography

  • Afshin Karami, Department of Hematology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
    Afshinkarami72@gmail.com

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Published

2018-09-29

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 9 (2018)

Section

Case report

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Copyright The Author(s) 2017. This article is published with open access by BioMedPress. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 4.0) which permits any use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and the source are credited. 

How to Cite

Retrobulbar secondary plasmacytoma: a case report and systematic review of the literature. (2018). Biomedical Research and Therapy, 5(9), 2703-2707. https://doi.org/10.15419/bmrat.v5i9.482