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Case Reports
. 1979 Jun;71(6):722-3.
doi: 10.1093/ajcp/71.6.722.

Phagocytic myeloma cells

Case Reports

Phagocytic myeloma cells

J H Fitchen et al. Am J Clin Pathol. 1979 Jun.

Abstract

A case of a patient with otherwise typical multiple myeloma whose myeloma cells were phagocytic is described. Phagocytosis of erythrocytes, erythrocytic precursors, lymphocytes, and platelets was found. Ingestion of latex particles by myeloma cells was demonstrated in vitro.

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