rare type of acute leukemia in which the predominating cell in the peripheral blood is the plasma cell; it is often seen in conjunction with multiple myeloma and may be a variant form of that disease.
An aggressive plasma cell neoplasm with usually short survival. It is characterized by the presence of neoplastic plasma cells in the peripheral blood. The peripheral blood plasma cells comprise more than 20% of the peripheral blood white cells. It may be the initial presentation of a plasma cell neoplasm or manifest as a terminal complication of plasma cell myeloma. Lymphadenopathy and organomegaly are frequent clinical signs, whereas bone pain and osteolytic lesions are less frequently present.
Also applicable to/known as
Plasmacytic leukemia
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index Entries That Refer To 203.1
2008 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 203.1
203.1