Multiple myeloma involving the iris.
Intraocular invasion by neoplastic plasma cells is a rare ophthalmic manifestation of plasma cell dyscrasias. A 67-year-old man who had documented multiple myeloma presented with an infiltration of the iris that simulated a nongranulomatous uveitis. Cytologic examination of the aspirate obtained by anterior chamber paracentesis demonstrated that the infiltrate was composed of neoplastic plasma cells.
Shakin
E P
EP
Oncology Service, Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, PA 19107.
Augsburger
J J
JJ
Eagle
R C
RC
Ehya
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H
Shields
J A
JA
Fischer
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D
Koepsell
D G
DG
D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007499:Iris Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000473:pathology*; D014604:Uveal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*