title: Pulmonary plasma-cell granuloma.
abstract: A large pulmonary plasma-cell granuloma (PCG) mimicking a mediastinal germinal-cell tumor in a 9-year-old boy is presented. The nonspecificity of the tumoral calcifications and of the radiographic and CT findings in pulmonary PCG is demonstrated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Soroka Medical Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Laufer
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Mares
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Maor
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hirsch
mesh_terms: D002114:Calcinosis; D002648:Child; D006099:Granuloma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006104:Granuloma, Plasma Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed