title: [Auer-rod-like bodies in plasma cells in patient with plasma cell dyscrasia].
abstract: Auer-rod-like bodies were found in plasma cells from a 74-year-old man with plasma cell dyscrasia. These bodies exhibited red purple staining by May-Giemsa staining and were indistinguishable from Auer bodies often found in acute myeloid leukemia. These bodies, however, failed to stain with peroxidase and showed acid phosphatase positivity. Bone marrow examinations were performed three times at the sternum or iliac crest. The proportions of plasma cells were 4.4%, 3.4% and 3.8%. The Auer-rod-like bodies were found in 0.05% (2/3824), 0.07% (4/6883) and 0.08% (2/2656) of the plasma cells.
authors.affiliation: Division of Clinical Laboratory, Kanagawa Cancer Center.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Akiba
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Katayama
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sakai
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Maruta
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ogawa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fujisawa
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sakai
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Taguchi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D002479:Inclusion Bodies / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D010265:Paraproteinemias / Q000473:pathology*; D010950:Plasma Cells / Q000473:pathology*