Extramedullary plasmacytoma: report of a case manifested as a pleural mass
Ali Cevat Kutluk1,Celalettin İbrahim Kocatürk1,Yunus Seyrek1,Neslihan Akanıl Fener2
Current Thoracic Surgery
2017;2(3):096-099. (27 December 2017)
1Department of Thoracic Surgery, Yedikule Chest Disease and Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
2Department of Pathology, Yedikule Chest Disease and Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
DOI :
10.26663/cts.2017.0023
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Extramedullary plasmacytoma (EMP) is a plasma cell neoplasm of soft tissue without bone marrow
involvement or other systemic characteristics of multiple myeloma. A 68 year-old male presented with
haemoptysis of 3 months. Computed thorax tomography (CT) revealed a 3x5 cm pleural mass adjacent to
right lower lobe. The mass was diagnosed as pleural plasmacytoma.
Keywords :
extramedullary plasmacytoma, multiple myeloma, VATS, radiotherapy
