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A 70yr old male has a pathological fracture of femur. The lesion appears a lytic on X- rays film with a circumscribed punched out appearance .The curetting from fracture site is most likely to show which of the following?

A
Diminshed and thinned trabecular bone
B
Sheets of atypical plasma cells
C
Metaplastic prostatic adenocarcinoma
D
Malignant cells forming osteoid bone
High-Yield Explanation
Olf patients along with lytic circumscribed punched our X- rays appearance suggests multiple myeloma. Multiple myeloma most often presents as multifocal destructive bone tumours composed of plasma cells throughout the skeletal system.(ref Robbins 9/e p599,7/679)

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