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ArticleThe Journal of clinical and aesthetic dermatology2021

Cutaneous Plasmacytosis Associated with Ehrlichiosis in an African-American Patient.

Luke Maxfield, Jarett Casale, Muneeb Shah, Mikél E Muse, Dana Baigrie

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Article in The Journal of clinical and aesthetic dermatology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Luke MaxfieldDrs. Maxfield, Shah, and Muse are with Campbell University at Sampson Regional Medical Center in Clinton, North Carolina.
Jarett CasaleDrs. Maxfield, Shah, and Muse are with Campbell University at Sampson Regional Medical Center in Clinton, North Carolina.
Muneeb ShahDrs. Maxfield, Shah, and Muse are with Campbell University at Sampson Regional Medical Center in Clinton, North Carolina.
Mikél E MuseDrs. Maxfield, Shah, and Muse are with Campbell University at Sampson Regional Medical Center in Clinton, North Carolina.
Dana BaigrieDrs. Maxfield, Shah, and Muse are with Campbell University at Sampson Regional Medical Center in Clinton, North Carolina.
Campbell University · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cutaneous plasmacytosis is a rare disease that presents clinically with multiple red-brown papules and plaques with minimal to no epidermal change. Histopathologic findings include a perivascular dermal infiltration of polyclonal plasma cells. The etiology of cutaneous plasmacytosis is unknown, but hypothesized to be due to persistent or repeated antigenic stimulation. Ehrlichia represents a family of obligate intracellular bacteria that have been associated with the development of plasma cell dyscrasias in the veterinary literature. We present a case of a 67-year-old male patient with the development of progressively worsening cutaneous plasmacytosis following prolonged hospitalization secondary to ehrlichiosis sepsis. The patient initially presented with isolated cutaneous involvement and normal laboratory findings that eventually progressed to include multiple laboratory abnormalities, including anemia, hyperproteinemia, and elevated serum creatinine. Further diagnostic workup was declined by the patient despite evidence of progression to systemic plasmacytosis or multiple myeloma.

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chaffeensisCutaneousehrlichiaehrlichiosisgammagammopathyhumanhypergammaglobulinemiamonoclonalmonocytotropicmultiplemyelomaplasmacytomaplasmacytosispolyclonalsystemic

Identifiers

PMID33841612
PMCPMC8021406
OpenAlexW3156990820

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