Phagocytosis of blood cells by malignant plasma cells in multiple myeloma is an extremely rare condition. Here we present a 39-year-old woman with multiple myeloma. Bone marrow smear showed an extensive phagocytosis of erythrocytes and platelets by myeloma cells.

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doi.org/10.1016/0300-2977(94)00038-B, hdl.handle.net/1765/63840
The Netherlands Journal of Medicine
Department of Hematology

Vanhagen, P., de Leeuw, K., Hagemeijer, A., & Löwenberg, B. (1995). Phagocytic plasma cells in a patient with multiple myeloma. The Netherlands Journal of Medicine, 46(1), 25–29. doi:10.1016/0300-2977(94)00038-B