Bernat GJ, Prats A, Barbera E, Marti ME, Marquina A

Language: Spanish
References: 8
Page: 176-178
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ABSTRACT

Cutaneous plasmacytosis is a rare disorder characterized by a benign proliferation of mature plasma cells that appears as multiple red to dark brown skin lesions, often associated with polyclonal hypergammaglobulinaemia. We report the case of a 33-year-old white woman who presented with reddish brown plaques restricted to trunk and scalp. Histologically, the lesions showed a moderately dense superficial and deep perivascular and periadnexal infiltrate composed predominantly of mature plasma cells without atypia.

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