title: Plasmacytoma presenting as missing rib on chest film: a case report and review of the literature.
abstract: A 33-year-old man presented to the emergency department (ED) with chief complaint of chest pain, persisting for approximately one year. Chest X-ray revealed he was missing the right posterior fifth rib. Physical examination showed no surgical scars, and he reported no history of chest trauma. A CT of his chest demonstrated a mass involving the posterior aspect of the right fifth rib, and subsequent biopsy revealed plasma cells. Laboratory results indicated the tumor was a solitary plasmacytoma of the rib. He was referred to oncology and treated with radiation therapy. This case report illustrates an unusual presentation of a solitary plasmacytoma of the rib.
authors: Assistant Professor of Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center's School of Medicine and the Program Director of the Louisiana State University Health Science Center's Emergency Medicine Residency Program in Baton Rouge.
authors: Terrell
authors: T
authors: Caffery
authors: Assistant Professor of LSUHSC's School of Medicine and is affiliated with the Internal Medicine Residency Program in Baton Rouge.
authors: Matthew
authors: M
authors: Foy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000532:radiotherapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010954:Plasmacytoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000532:radiotherapy; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D012272:Ribs / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013909:Thorax / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*