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A - Clinical images of the axillary lesions and of the right
inframammary tumor, B - Images of the cutaneous lesions on the face
and C- on the back
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Ten months later he presented firm painful erythemato-violaceous or flesh color nodules and tumors on the trunk, axillae and face (Figures 1 and 2).
A - Clinical images with more details of the cutaneous lesions on the
right inframammary area and B - on the right axilla
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Ten months later he presented firm painful erythemato-violaceous or flesh color nodules and tumors on the trunk, axillae and face (Figures 1 and 2).
A - Histopathologic features of the dense infiltrate of plasma cells
in the dermis and hypodermis (Hematoxylin-eosin stain, original magnification X
400). B - Immunohistochemical staining of neoplastic plasma cells
with CD138 antibody
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An incisional biopsy showed a dense infiltrate of plasmablasts in the dermis and hypodermis (Figure 3). The immunohistochemistry evidenced a dense infiltrate of monoclonal plasma cells expressing kappa light chains, strongly positive for CD138 (Figure 3).