Pulmonary plasma-cell granuloma

L Laufer; Z Cohen; A J Mares; E Maor; M Hirsch

doi:10.1007/BF02019671

Pulmonary plasma-cell granuloma

Pediatr Radiol. 1990;20(4):289-90. doi: 10.1007/BF02019671.

Authors

L Laufer¹, Z Cohen, A J Mares, E Maor, M Hirsch

Affiliation

¹ Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Soroka Medical Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.

PMID: 2336294
DOI: 10.1007/BF02019671

Abstract

A large pulmonary plasma-cell granuloma (PCG) mimicking a mediastinal germinal-cell tumor in a 9-year-old boy is presented. The nonspecificity of the tumoral calcifications and of the radiographic and CT findings in pulmonary PCG is demonstrated.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Calcinosis
Child
Granuloma / diagnostic imaging*
Granuloma, Plasma Cell / diagnostic imaging*
Granuloma, Plasma Cell / pathology
Humans
Lung Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
Lung Diseases / pathology
Male
Tomography, X-Ray Computed*