We report the case of a 47-year-old man who presented with vague abdominal pain for 3 months and a painless left testicular mass with ultrasonography features suspicious of malignancy. Histopathology of high inguinal orchiedectomy specimen suggested testicular plasmacytoma. Patient on further evaluation was diagnosed as Multiple myeloma.

Keywords: Extramedullary plasmacytomas (EMP), multiple myeloma.

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