Extramedullary plasmacytoma (EMP): Report of a case manifested as a mediastinal mass and multiple pulmonary nodules and review of literature.
BACKGROUND
Extramedullary plasmacytoma (EMP) is a rare plasma cell neoplasm of soft tissue without bone marrow involvement or other systemic characteristics of multiple myeloma


METHODS
A 42 year-old woman presented with intermittent dry cough of 10 months duration. Her breathing sound was slightly coarse without rales or rhonchi on auscultation. CT scan revealed a right anterior mediastinal shadow with multiple pulmonary nodular lesions. A video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) was performed. Histopathology showed it to be a myeloma.


CONCLUSIONS
This is the first presentation of EMP with a mediastinal mass with multiple pulmonary nodules.
Luh
Shi-Ping
SP
Department of Surgery, Chung-Shan Medical University and Chia-Yi Christian Hospital, Taichung City, Taiwan. luh572001@yahoo.com.tw.
Lai
Yih-Shyong
YS
Tsai
Chung-Hong
CH
Tsao
Thomas Chang-Yao
TC