Mediastinal plasmacytoma detected by echocardiography and biopsied with EUS-FNA.
Mediastinal ultrasound is currently being performed by a variety of different practioners but all need to be familiar with major pathology outside their narrow fields. We are reporting the first case where echocardiography led to the discovery of a mediastinal mass which upon endoscopic-ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration biopsy (EUS-FNA) was found to be a plasmacytoma. The differential diagnosis of mediastinal masses is briefly reviewed.
Mallo
Rebecca
R
Deaconess and Sacred Heart Medical Centers, Spokane, Washington, USA.
Gottlieb
Klaus
K
Waggoner
Douglas
D
Wittenkeller
Jay
J
D000368:Aged; D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000379:methods*; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D010954:Plasmacytoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional / Q000379:methods*