04 March 2024>: Articles
A Rare Case of Non-IgM Lymphoplasmacytic Lymphoma with Unusual Lack of Immunoglobulin Light Chain Production
Challenging differential diagnosis, Rare disease
Jiejing Yin C , Ashish Bains C , Mohamed Alsammak E , Jian Jeff Fu A*DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.940963
Am J Case Rep 2024; 25:e940963
Figure 3. Bone marrow involvement by lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma. (A) Bone marrow aspirate showing many neoplastic plasma cells with abundant cytoplasm mixed with mature small neoplastic lymphocytes. (B) Bone marrow biopsy showing a hypercellular marrow infiltrated by numerous lymphoplasmacytic cells in an interstitial pattern (40×). (C–F) Immunohistochemical stains: B cells highlighted by CD20 (C) and plasma cells by CD138 (D) that lack significant expression of kappa (E) or lambda (F).