Blood, 1953, Vol. 8, No. 6, pp. 519-523.
© 1953 American Society of Hematology, Inc.
Erythrophagocytosis in a Case of Plasma Cell Leukemia
CHARLES E. BUTTERWORTH JR. M.D.1,
WALTER B. FROMMEYER JR. M.D.1, and
WILLIAM H. RISER JR. M.D.1
1 Hematology Clinic, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Alabama,
Birmingham, Ala.
A case of plasma cell leukemia is presented in which erythrophagocytosis by
cells of the plasma cell series occurred. This case serves to add the cells of the
plasma cell series to those of the monocytic and granulocytic series as cells capable of erythrophagocytosis under certain conditions.
Submitted on September 10, 1952
Accepted on March 3, 1953