Journal de cytologie et d'histologie

Plasmacytoma Masquerading as Hidradenitis Suppurativa

Abstract

Kafil Akhtar, Mohd Naim, Rana Sherwani and Mohd Shahid

Primary plasmacytoma of the skin without evidence of bone marrow plasmacytosis is a rare disorder belonging to the heterogenous spectrum of plasma cell neoplasms and hidradenitis suppurativa is a chronic disease characterized by painful recurrent abscesses, fistulas and scarring lesions in axilla, groin, perineum and rarely mass lesions at the affected site. Here we present a case of plasmacytoma masquerading as hidradenitis suppurativa that presented as a nodular growth in both the axilla in a 45 year old male.