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Case Rep Urol. 2021 Feb 03;2021:6654437. doi: 10.1155/2021/6654437. eCollection 2021.

A Giant Solitary Adrenal Plasmacytoma in a Patient with HIV: A Rare Case Report and Review of the Literature.

Case reports in urology

Mehdi Chennoufi, Ibrahim Boukhannous, Mohamed Mokhtari, Anouar El Moudane, Mohamed Irzi, Abdelghani Ouraghi, Issam Jandou, Achraf Miry, Ali Barki

Affiliations

  1. Department of Urology, Mohamed VI University Hospital Center, Mohamed I University, Oujda, Morocco.
  2. Department of Pathology, Mohamed VI University Hospital Center, Mohamed I University, Oujda, Morocco.

PMID: 33614176 PMCID: PMC7875644 DOI: 10.1155/2021/6654437

Abstract

Solitary extramedullary plasmacytoma (EMP) involving the adrenal gland is an extremely rare malignancy. We report a case of a solitary adrenal plasmacytoma in an HIV-positive 50-year-old woman on antiretroviral therapy who presented with a rapidly progressing lumbar left masse. A CT scan objectified a locally advanced left adrenal mass measuring 135mm long axis. A biopsy was taken, and the histopathology with the immunohistochemical study objectified an adrenal gland plasmacytoma. The skeletal survey and the sternal suction biopsy did not show any abnormalities. The diagnosis of a solitary EMP of the adrenal gland was made. There are only 10 cases of solitary adrenal plasmacytoma with only one case associated with an HIV-positive patient reported in the literature. Therefore, this paper is aimed at presenting the second case of an HIV-positive patient diagnosed with solitary adrenal plasmacytoma.

Copyright © 2021 Mehdi Chennoufi et al.

Conflict of interest statement

None of the contributing authors have any conflict of interest, including specific financial interests or relationships and affiliations relevant to the subject matter or materials discussed in the ma

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