Extramedullary plasmacytoma of the mediastinum.
A case of extramedullary plasmacytoma originating from the upper mediastinum is described. Its pathologic, cytologic and immunohistopathologic findings were distinctive. The neoplastic cells had dense bodies in the cytoplasm. Neither M-protein in the serum nor Bence Jones protein in the urine was detected. However, cellular IgG, having a lambda-type light chain was shown, by immunohistochemical staining following trypsin digestion, to be present in the tissue sections.
D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010954:Plasmacytoma / Q000473:pathology*