title: Is cutaneous plasmacytosis a distinct clinical entity?
abstract: We describe a Japanese patient with cutaneous plasmacytosis whose clinical course we observed for 5 years. We also review 26 patients with this condition, including 24 Japanese and two non-Japanese, reported in detail. This review revealed that this condition has characteristic clinical and pathologic features and should be considered a distinct clinical entity. The reason for the predominant occurrence of cutaneous plasmacytosis in Japanese patients is unknown.
authors.affiliation: Division of Dermatology, Ogikubo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Han-yaku
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010950:Plasma Cells / Q000473:pathology; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology