title: Plasmacytoma of the thyroid gland.
abstract: Among the clinical presentation of plasma cell proliferative disorders the extramedullary plasmacytomas are the most infrequent after multiple myeloma and plasma cell tumours of the bones. The plasmacytoma of the thyroid gland to our knowledge has never been reported from Pakistan so far. We present the clinical picture and clinical challenges posed in diagnosis and treatment by this unusual proliferative disorder.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Radiotherapy and Nuclear Medicine, University Campus, Peshawar. drjawad67@gmail.com
authors.forename: Jawad A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Gilani
authors.forename: Shaheen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Iqbal
authors.forename: Shagufta
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nasreen
authors.forename: Safoora
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shahid
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010954:Plasmacytoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013965:Thyroidectomy / Q000379:methods*