Plasmacytoma refers to a malignant plasma cell tumor growing within soft tissue or within the axial skeleton. There are three distinct groups of plasmacytoma defined by the International Myeloma Working Group: solitary plasmacytoma of bone (SPB), extramedullary plasmacytoma (EP) and multiple plasmacytomas that are either primary or recurrent. The ... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasmacytoma
A type of cancer that begins in plasma cells (white blood cells that produce antibodies). A plasmacytoma may turn into multiple myeloma. Found on http://www.cancer.gov/dictionary?expand=P
<oncology, tumour> Malignant tumour of plasma cells, very similar to a myeloma (plasmacytomas usually develop into multiple myeloma). ... Can easily be induced in rodents by the injection of complete Freund's adjuvant. Plasmacytoma cells are fused with primed lymphocytes in the production of monoclonal antibodies. ... (18 Nov 1997) ... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20973
Malignant tumour of plasma cells, very similar to a myeloma (plasmacytomas usually develop into multiple myeloma). Can easily be induced in rodents by the injection of complete Freund's adjuvant. Plasmacytoma cells are fused with primed lymphocytes in the production of monoclonal antibodies.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: plaz′mă-sī-tō′mă Definitions: 1. A discrete, presumably solitary mass of neoplastic plasma cells in bone or in one of various extramedullary sites; in humans, such lesions are probably the initial phase of developing plasma cell myeloma. Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=69433