A case of primary solitary pulmonary plasmacytoma.
Most solitary extramedullary plasmacytomas are plasma cell tumors that tend to develop in mucosa-associated lymphoid tissues including the upper respiratory tract. We present a 43-year-old patient who was diagnosed with a solitary plasmacytoma in the lung. Primary plasmacytoma of the lung is exceedingly rare, and the treatment is surgical excision. This malignancy advances to multiple myeloma in a minority of patients. Multiple myeloma is a plasma cell malignancy that typically presents in the bone marrow.
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Saitama Cancer Center, Ina, Saitama, Japan. hideki_ujiie@hotmail.com
Hideki
H
Ujiie
Daisuke
D
Okada
Yuki
Y
Nakajima
Naoyuki
N
Yoshino
Hirohiko
H
Akiyama
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D010954:Plasmacytoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D003074:Solitary Pulmonary Nodule / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013908:Thoracotomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome