Extramedullary plasmacytoma: report of a case manifested as a pleural mass

Ali Cevat Kutluk; Celalettin İbrahim Kocatürk; Yunus Seyrek; Neslihan Akanıl Fener

doi:10.26663/cts.2017.0023

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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