Swapna Somnath Magdum

Malakoplakia is a rare chronic granulomatous inflammatory condition, commonly presenting in immunocompromised patients. It most commonly occurs in urinary tract. The cutaneous form is less frequent. Here, we report a case of cutaneous malakoplakia involving perianal skin in an immunocompetent 61-year old female diagnosed on histopathology utilizing special stains. To the best of authors’ knowledge, this is the 8case report of cutaneaous malakoplakia of perianal skin in the English literature and 3in the Indian literature.   Keywords: Malakoplakia, Cutaneous, Perianal skin.

Extramedullary plasmacytoma (EMP) is neoplastic proliferation of monoclonal plasma cells outside the bone marrow. Only 3% of plasma cell neoplasms occur at extramedullary site. Majority of cases occur in head and neck region and very few cases are reported in larynx. We herein report a case of extramedullary plasmacytoma involving the left vocal cord and diagnosed after histopathology and immunohistochemistry (IHC) study. Keywords: Extramedullary, Plasmacytoma, Larynx, Immunohistochemistry.