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.
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11452553 | PMC |
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.68674 | DOI Listing |
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