Aggressive Behavior of Carcinoma of the Colon Associated with Nonsecreting Plasma Cell Myeloma: A Case Report

A patient was diagnosed for nonsecreting myeloma stage IIIA (Salmon-Durie) 6 months after colectomy for adeno-carcinoma of the colon, Dukeʼs stage A. The patient had not received chemotherapy for the colonic carcinoma and its clinical course was much more aggressive than expected. Although it might...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of clinical gastroenterology 1989-10, Vol.11 (5), p.565-567
Hauptverfasser: Yermiahu, T, Peiser, J, Benharroch, D, Ovnat, A
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Zusammenfassung:A patient was diagnosed for nonsecreting myeloma stage IIIA (Salmon-Durie) 6 months after colectomy for adeno-carcinoma of the colon, Dukeʼs stage A. The patient had not received chemotherapy for the colonic carcinoma and its clinical course was much more aggressive than expected. Although it might be coincidental, to our knowledge this is the first reported case of an association between a nonsecreting myeloma and adenocarcinoma of the colon.
ISSN:0192-0790
1539-2031
DOI:10.1097/00004836-198910000-00015