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Multiple myeloma patients with plasmablastic morphology of tumor cells and extramedullary presentation of disease often have an aggressive clinical course and resistance to chemotherapy. We describe a case of an elderly patient who presented with extramedullary, IgA-lambda-secreting multiple myeloma with plasmablastic features who demonstrated impressive clinical response to single-agent lenalidomide. This is the first description of a plasmablastic variety of multiple myeloma successfully treated with lenalidomide alone.

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Background And Objectives: Endoscopic biopsy for the diagnosis of colorectal adenocarcinoma is not accurate in every case. Brush cytology can increase the sensitivity for the diagnosis of gastroesophageal lesions when combined with biopsy, but very little information is available for these techniques in the diagnosis of colorectal adenocarcinoma.

Methods: A retrospective medical records review of 110 patients was performed.

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