title: A 29-yr-old man with multiple myeloma presenting with subcutaneous masses.
abstract: We report the case of a 29-yr-old man with multiple myeloma who presented initially with subcutaneous plasmacytomas. These are the atypical features of his clinical course: (a) age of the patient; (b) unusual clinical presentation with subcutaneous masses; (c) lack of 'typical' features of multiple myeloma (renal failure, hypercalcaemia, and bone pain); and (d) disease progression as extramedullary recurrences.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland. procopiou@bluewin.ch
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Procopiou
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hügli
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018450:Disease Progression; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology*; D015022:Yugoslavia / Q000208:ethnology