title: Pulmonary and nodal multiple myeloma with a pleural effusion mimicking bronchogenic carcinoma.
abstract: Multiple myeloma (MM) is a hematological malignancy characterized by the occurrence of plasma cell tumor within the bone marrow. Extramedullary plasmacytomas form a small percentage of plasma cell tumors, and although 80-90% of extramedullary lesions occur in the head and neck, pulmonary plasmacytomas are found to be a very uncommon clinical entity. Hereby, we describe a case of a patient with pulmonary plasmacytoma, who developed nodal and pulmonary MM with a pleural effusion, the radiological appearance of which mimicked bronchogenic carcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonary Medicine, C.S.M. Medical University (Erstwhile King George's Medical University), UP, Lucknow (INDIA)-226003.
authors.forename: R A S
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Kushwaha
authors.forename: Sanjay Kumar
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Verma
authors.forename: Sumit
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mehra
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Prasad
mesh_terms: D002283:Carcinoma, Bronchogenic / Q000473:pathology*; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D016066:Pleural Effusion, Malignant / Q000209:etiology*