title: Multiple myeloma manifesting as a salmon patch conjunctival mass.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We report a 70-year-old man with a salmon patch conjunctival mass diagnosed as multiple myeloma.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report.
  
  
  METHODS
  Surgical biopsies of the salmon patch conjunctival mass and bone marrow, as well as hematologic workup for multiple myeloma were performed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Conjunctival biopsy revealed heavy myeloma cells with eccentric nuclei and basophilic cytoplasm infiltrate in the conjunctival stroma. Bone marrow biopsy and aspirate showed interstitial infiltrated by myeloma cells, which stained monoclonally for immunoglobulin G (IgG)-kappa light chains. Hematologic tests confirmed the diagnosis of multiple myeloma.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Multiple myeloma is one of the causes of a salmon patch conjunctival lesion and may be included in the differential diagnosis.
authors: Department of Ophthalmology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, No. 160 Section 3 Taichung Harbor Road, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC. eric550131@yahoo.com.tw
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