Solitary plasmacytoma of bone and extramedullary plasmacytoma: two different entities?
Although EP and SPB are both localized forms of plasma cell dyscrasias, SPB seems to have a greater tendency to progression MM. It appears, however, that the apparent stronger propensity of SPB to progress is actually due to the great number of cases that at diagnosis conceal an occult MM.
In a high risk ICCU population, both high admission glucose levels as well as high average glucose levels during hospitalization were independently associated with increased mortality, even when accounting for other risk factors and parameters of disease severity.