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ArticleBMJ case reports2017

Primary gastric plasmacytoma: a rare entity.

Rui Caetano Oliveira, Pedro Amaro, Maria José Julião, Maria Augusta Cipriano

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 48% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. International Myeloma Working Group Recommendations for the Diagnosis and Management of Solitary Plasmacytomas.Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology · 2026
    Guideline
  2. Article
  3. Solitary Gastric Extramedullary Plasmacytoma EUS Features: A Case Report.GE Portuguese journal of gastroenterology · 2024
    Article
  4. Review
  5. Article
  6. A Rare Case of Extramedullary Plasmacytosis.Journal of investigative medicine high impact case reports
    Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Rui Caetano OliveiraDepartment of Pathology, Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
Pedro AmaroDepartment of Gastroenterology, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
Maria José JuliãoDepartment of Pathology, Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
Maria Augusta CiprianoPathology Department, University Hospital Center of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra · PT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Extramedullary plasmacytomas (EP) are tumours composed by a monoclonal population of plasma cells that arise in extraosseus tissues, comprising <5% of all plasma cell neoplasms. Usually, EP arise in the head and neck region, and the stomach is the second most common location-gastric plasmacytoma (GP). Clinical and radiological manifestations are unspecific and may mimic other tumours like gastric adenocarcinomas, gastric stromal tumours and lymphomas, mainly marginal cell lymphoma (MALT lymphoma) and usually definitive diagnosis is provided by pathological evaluation. We present a case of primary GP, discovered incidentally as a polypoid lesion. Tumour was composed by sheets of mature and immature plasmocytes positive for CD138 on immunohistochemistry, without Helicobacter pylori identification. The patient is alive 6 years later and without tumour relapse.

Indexed as

Diagnosis, DifferentialEndoscopy, GastrointestinalGastric MucosaHumansImmunohistochemistryLymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal ZoneMaleMiddle AgedPlasmacytomaStomachStomach Neoplasms

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PMID28167693
PMCPMC5294004
OpenAlexW2586222013

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