title: Extramedullary plasmacytoma (EMP): Report of a case manifested as a mediastinal mass and multiple pulmonary nodules and review of literature.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Chung-Shan Medical University and Chia-Yi Christian Hospital, Taichung City, Taiwan. luh572001@yahoo.com.tw.
authors.forename: Shi-Ping
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Luh
authors.forename: Yih-Shyong
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Lai
authors.forename: Chung-Hong
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.forename: Thomas Chang-Yao
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Tsao