title: [Primary cutaneous plasmacytoma].
abstract: Primary cutaneous plasmacytoma (PCP) is a rare cutaneous B cell lymphoma. We report a case of PCP in a 64 year old woman presenting with a nodular lesion of the left cheek. Histologically, the lesion was composed predominately of variably maturated plasma cells with monotypic expression of lambda chain. Extracutaneous localizations of the disease had been excluded. The prognosis of PCP is better than that of the metastatic cutaneous lesion of myeloma. The main prognosis factors are the size tumor and clinical presentation (solitary, versus multiple lesions). Solitary lesions of the PCP are treated by surgical excision and sometimes local radiotherapy.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Anatomie et de Cytologie Pathologiques, Hôpital régional de Zaghouan, Tunis, Tunisie.
authors.forename: Rym
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dhouib Sellami
authors.forename: Samia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sassi
authors.forename: Karima
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mrad
authors.forename: Imen
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Abess
authors.forename: Maha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Driss
authors.forename: Khaled
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ben Romdhane
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010954:Plasmacytoma / Q000473:pathology*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*