title: Plasmacytoma in the thyroid.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The paper presents a case of plasmacytoma unexpectedly found in a goiter. PATIENT MATERIAL AND METHODS: The patient presented with compressive symptoms, including dyspnea and dysphagia and had no documented prior history of multiple myeloma. Physical examination revealed thyromegaly with no specific nodule. Computerized tomographic (CT) scan of the neck and chest showed diffuse homogenous enlargement of both the thyroid lobes extending into the mediastinum. Total thyroidectomy was done because of the compressive symptoms.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Pathology revealed evidence of fibrosis surrounding small nodules of residual follicles with massive infiltration by plasma cells. The pathologic diagnosis was plasmacytoma.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Plasmacytoma should be added to the list of causes of diffuse thyromegaly.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, USA.
authors.forename: Emad H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Kandil
authors.forename: Mohamed S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Abdel Khalek
authors.forename: Haytham H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Alabbas
authors.forename: Tina
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Thethi
authors.forename: Byron E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Crawford
authors.forename: Bernard M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Jaffe
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010954:Plasmacytoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D014463:Ultrasonography