Pulmonary and nodal multiple myeloma with a pleural effusion mimicking bronchogenic carcinoma

J Cancer Res Ther. 2009 Oct-Dec;5(4):297-9. doi: 10.4103/0973-1482.59915.

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Carcinoma, Bronchogenic / pathology*
  • Diabetes Mellitus
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / complications
  • Lung Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Multiple Myeloma / complications
  • Multiple Myeloma / pathology*
  • Pleural Effusion, Malignant / etiology*