title: Primary pulmonary plasmacytoma: a case report.
abstract: Most extramedullary plasmacytomas are associated with the upper respiratory tract. Primary pulmonary plasmacytomas are rare, and the treatment is surgical excision. This malignancy advances to multiple myeloma in a minority of patients. The patient in our case report is the first to experience renal failure due to hematologic monoclonal gammopathy. Postoperatively, serum protein electrophoresis reverted to normal.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: J N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Wise
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Schaefer
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Read
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D010954:Plasmacytoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011859:Radiography