Cutaneous Localization In Multiple Myeloma In The Context Of Bortezomib Resistance: How Myeloma Cells Escape From The Bone Marrow To The Skin?

A rare complication of multiple myeloma is a secondary extramedullary involvement, and the skin is one of the possible sites, due to the physiological homing of plasma cells (PCs) into the skin. The article reports a case of a relapsed refractory MM patient, who developed a cutaneous localization after 16 months from the diagnosis under Bortezomib treatment without a leukemic phase. Patient was refractory to Bortezomib. We analyzed the gene expression profiles, the immunophenotypic and immunohistochemistry profiles of MM cells across the course of the disease at the bone marrow and skin localization. Data obtained were further expanded by an immunohistochemistry analysis on selected molecules in a large cohort of MM patients with cutaneous localization. In particular we focused on the expression of chemokines and chemokine receptors involved in the PC skin homing.

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Marchica V, Accardi F, Storti P, Mancini C, Martella E, Dalla Palma B, Bolzoni M, Todoerti K, Marcatti M, Schifano C, Bonomini S, Sammarelli G, Neri A, Ponzoni M, Aversa F, Giuliani N