Sigmoid plasmacytoma mimicking colon cancer in a patient with multiple myeloma: case report and review of literature.

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Published in Gastrointest Endosc on October 31, 2009

Authors

Sameer R Islam1, Mohamed N Attaya, Sreeram Parupudi, Ebtesam A Islam, Nicholas D'Cunha, Safaa Labib, David Hodges, Kenneth Nugent

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Internal Medicine and Pathology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas 79430, USA.

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