Current Thoracic Surgery
2019 , Vol 4 , Issue 1
A rare case: extramedullary plasmacytoma of the mediastinum
1Department of Thoracic Surgery, Hacettepe University, School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
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10.26663/cts.2019.0009
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Plasmacytomas are localized proliferations of plasma cells in bone marrow. Extraosseous tissue
involvement is uncommon. Herein, we report a case of mediastinal extramedullary plasmacytoma
in a 54-year-old woman. A 85 mm lesion was reported in computed chest tomography of the patient
who referred to ourvhospital with dyspnea. Since interventional radiologists did not think the patient
was suitable for percutaneous biopsy, a surgical biopsy was performed and the pathology reported a
plasmacytoma. Various investigations were done to rule out multiple myeloma. Since no result in favor
of multiple myeloma was obtained, mass was diagnosed as extramedullary plasmacytoma. Radiotherapy
was scheduled for the patient.
Keywords :
extramedullary plasmacytoma, mediastinum, mediastinal mass