A Rare Case of Extramedullary Adrenal Plasmacytoma Associated with IVC Thrombus: A Case Report with Review of Literature

In correspondence to “Solitary extramedullary plasmacytoma presenting as an adrenal tumor: case report and literature review”

“…We have published this interesting and rare case report in Gland Surgery in 2021 entitled "Solitary extramedullary plasmacytoma presenting as an adrenal tumor: case report and literature review" (1). As we had claimed that the case was extremely rare and the published article was the number 10 th case of solitary extramedullary plasmacytoma (SEMP) in the adrenal gland; the same was claimed by some other authors too at that time (2,3). The reason of this confusion was because these cases published nearly at the same period of time.…”

“…They believe their case was the first case of adrenal EMP associated with venous thrombus. Chest CT with contrast showed multiple lymph node enlargement (but diagnosis of adrenal EMP was confirmed), and the case was associated with inferior vena cava (IVC) thrombus, therefore the multidisciplinary team decided to put the patient on chemotherapy (2). One more study by Chennoufi et al in 2021 revealed a plasmacytoma in the left adrenal gland associated with HIV.…”