Kagawa Yumiko, Yamashita Tokiaki, Maetani Shigeki, Aoki Yuko, Sakaguchi Kanako, Hirayama Kazuko, Umemura Takashi, Taniyama Hiroyuki
North Lab, 2–10 Atsubetsu-Nishi 2–4 Atsubetsu-ku, Sapporo 004–0062, Japan.
J Vet Med Sci. 2011 Sep;73(9):1221-4. doi: 10.1292/jvms.10-0451. Epub 2011 May 6.
A lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma was diagnosed in a 12- year-old domestic cat that had a primary cutaneous mass involving the stomach, liver, kidneys, heart, abdominal wall, diaphragm, bone marrow and several lymph nodes. Histopathologically, the most characteristic feature of this tumor was the heterogeneity of cell components, such as small lymphocytes, well-differentiated plasma cells and plasmacytoid transformed lymphocytes. Amyloid was deposited in the skin, stomach, and several lymph nodes. Immunohistochemically, neoplastic small lymphocytes were positive for CD20, and well-differentiated plasma cells and plasmacytoid transformed lymphocytes were positive for λ-Ig light chains and MUM1/IRF-4. These results emphasize the importance of lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma as a differential diagnosis of extramedullary cutaneous plasmacytoma in cats.
