title: Mediastinal plasmacytoma detected by echocardiography and biopsied with EUS-FNA.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Deaconess and Sacred Heart Medical Centers, Spokane, Washington, USA.
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mallo
authors.forename: Klaus
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gottlieb
authors.forename: Douglas
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Waggoner
authors.forename: Jay
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wittenkeller
mesh_terms: 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*