title: Non-secretory multiple myeloma with multinucleated giant plasma cells.
abstract: We report a case of non-secretory multiple myeloma with unusual cytological features. The plasma cells were multinucleated and contained up to forty nuclei. All nuclei had regular outlines without multilobulated and convoluted slopes. DNA content measurement demonstrated that all nuclei of uni- and multinucleated cells were diploid. All plasma cells contained cytoplasmic alpha chain but light chains and their corresponding transcripts were absent. There is no clear explanation concerning multinuclearity. In addition, hypotheses regarding non-secretion of immunoglobulin in non-secretory multiple myeloma and in other B-cell neoplasias are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'Hématologie, Centre Hospitalier Regional Universitaire Lille, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ghevaert
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fournier
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bernardi
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Geneviève
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pouyol
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zandecki
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000473:pathology*; D010950:Plasma Cells / Q000473:pathology*