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Testicular plasmacytoma with bone dissemination without medullary plasmacytosis

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A 34-year-old man was diagnosed as having solitary testicular plasmacytoma. He had received palliative radiotherapy, several combined chemotherapies including CHOP chemotherapy (vincristine, cyclophosphamide, Adriamycin, and prednisone), MP (melphalan and prednisone) and M-2 protocol (melphalan, prednisone, vincristine, carmustine, and cyclophosphamide), and interferon therapy as 3 million units subcutaneous injection three times a week for 1 year. Extensive bone plasmacytoma developed 7 years later without bone marrow involvement. We suggest that early use of combined chemoradiotherapy and high-dose chemotherapy with autologous stem cell support should be investigated in patients with testicular plasmacytoma with dissemination.

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We thank Professor T. S. Chao for reviewing our manuscript and giving us some valuable corrections.

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  1. Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, No. 325, Section 2, Cheng-Kung Road, Neihu 114, Taipei, Taiwan

    T. Y. Hou, M. S. Dai & W. Y. Kao

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Hou, T.Y., Dai, M.S. & Kao, W.Y. Testicular plasmacytoma with bone dissemination without medullary plasmacytosis. Ann Hematol 82, 518–520 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-003-0672-7

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