Laser treatment of endobronchial extramedullary plasmacytoma.
A 68-year-old man presented with an endobronchial lesion and was subsequently found to have a plasmacytoma. After systemic involvement with multiple myeloma was ruled out, a diagnosis of extramedullary plasmacytoma was made. The diagnosis and treatment of extramedullary plasmacytoma is discussed with specific attention to the new role of laser therapy in this disease.
Brackett
L E
LE
Department of Medicine, Miriam Hospital, Providence, RI 02906.
Myers
J R
JR
Sherman
C B
CB
D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy; D008297:Male; D010954:Plasmacytoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed