title: Phagocytic plasma cells in a patient with multiple myeloma.
abstract: Phagocytosis of blood cells by malignant plasma cells in multiple myeloma is an extremely rare condition. Here we present a 39-year-old woman with multiple myeloma. Bone marrow smear showed an extensive phagocytosis of erythrocytes and platelets by myeloma cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology, Dijkzigt University Hospital, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Vanhagen
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: de Leeuw
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hagemeijer
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Löwenberg
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001773:Blood Cells; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000276:immunology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications*; D010587:Phagocytosis; D010950:Plasma Cells / Q000502:physiology*