title: [Osteosclerotic micromolecular plasmacytoma].
abstract: We describe a patient with a k light-chain myeloma revealed by an apparently solitary mixed lytic and sclerotic rib lesion. This rare manifestation may be explained by a still balanced bone remodeling in the early phases of the disease.
authors.affiliation: Divisione medica IV, Ospedale civile S. Maria della Misericordia, Udine.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Fossaluzza
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Peressini
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: De Vita
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005598:Fractures, Spontaneous / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007145:Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains / Q000097:blood; D008875:Middle Aged; D010026:Osteosclerosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D010954:Plasmacytoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography; D012253:Rib Fractures / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D012272:Ribs / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D007145:Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains
vernacular_title: Plasmocitoma micromolecolare osteosclerotico.