title: Solitary pulmonary plasmacytoma: report of two cases.
abstract: We report two cases of solitary plasmacytoma of the lung. Computed tomographic scan disclosed in case A a solid tissue formation in a cystic pulmonary lesion and in case B a solitary nodule. Suggesting aspergilloma in A and pulmonary malignancy in B diagnostic thoracotomies were performed and the respective findings were resected. In both cases a diagnosis of plasmacytoma was made. Postoperatively multiple myeloma was ruled out. Solitary pulmonary plasmacytoma is a very rare condition and to the best of our knowledge plasmacytoma within a cystic lung lesion has not been described so far. After curative resection treatment the prognosis of these circumscript lesions should be excellent.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Voelklingen Heart Centre, Voelklingen/Saar, Germany. huwer.vk@shg-kliniken.de
authors.forename: Hanno
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Huwer
authors.forename: Georg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Jacobs
authors.forename: Gerhard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kalweit
authors.forename: Werner
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Püschel
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001230:Aspergillus; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D008271:Mycetoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D010954:Plasmacytoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003074:Solitary Pulmonary Nodule / Q000175:diagnosis; D013908:Thoracotomy; D055815:Young Adult