title: Plasmacytoma of the urinary bladder in a renal transplant recipient.
abstract: A 28-year-old woman underwent renal transplantation in 1993. Eight years later, she experienced macroscopic hematuria, and Epstein-Barr virus-negative solitary extramedullary plasmacytoma (EMP) of the urinary bladder was diagnosed. After the reduction of immunosuppressive therapy, she received combined chemotherapy, resulting in complete tumor disappearance. However, 10 months later, she relapsed with aggressive multiple EMP and died of disease progression in 2003. This report is the first of a case of solitary EMP of the urinary bladder appearing as posttransplantation plasma cell dyscrasias after renal transplantation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Ohmihachiman City Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: Ryoichi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Sonoko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nakano
authors.forename: Kyoko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Namura
authors.forename: Noriko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: Ryo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Uchida
authors.forename: Shin-ichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fuchida
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Okano
authors.forename: Masashi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Okamoto
authors.forename: Naoya
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ochiai
authors.forename: Chihiro
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Shimazaki
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology*; D010954:Plasmacytoma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology*; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology*