Abstract

PICHARDO-RODRIGUEZ, Rafael; RUIZ-FRANCO, Oscar; ROJAS-LLANA, John  and  ROMERO-APONTE, Brian. Low Back Pain as a Symptom of Advanced Primary Plasma Cells Leukemia with Markers of Poor Prognosis. rev.fac.med. [online]. 2016, vol.64, n.2, pp.377-379. ISSN 0120-0011.  https://doi.org/10.15446/revfacmed.v64n2.47457.

Plasma cell leukemia is a rare disease that accounts for 1-2% of all hematologic neoplasia. It is an aggressive disease with poor response to treatment and an average survival period of seven months. The case of a patient diagnosed with advanced primary plasma cell leukemia with markers of poor prognosis and treatment whose first symptom was back pain, which did not evolve in a positive way and ended in the death of the patient.

Keywords : Leukemia; Plasma Cell; Low Back Pain; Death.

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