title: Plasma cell leukaemia: a management conundrum.
abstract: Primary plasma cell leukaemia in a young transplant eligible patient brings forth a number of perplexing questions and many remain unanswered. There are good data to suggest the superiority of novel agents over conventional chemotherapy regimens, however choosing between autologous and allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplant in first remission remains a therapeutic conundrum. We report a case of primary plasma cell leukaemia in a young patient and the dilemmas in its management.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Haematology , Tata Medical Center , Kolkata , India.
authors.forename: Sriram
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ravichandran
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Haematology , Tata Medical Center , Kolkata , India.
authors.forename: Monali
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.affiliation: Department of Cytogenetics , Tata Medical Center , Kolkata , India.
authors.forename: Mayur
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Parihar
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Haematology , Tata Medical Center , Kolkata , India.
authors.forename: Anupam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chakrapani
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Haematology , Tata Medical Center , Kolkata , India.
authors.forename: Reena
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nair
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Haematology , Tata Medical Center , Kolkata , India.
authors.forename: Mammen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chandy