<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>A 42-year-old male patient was admitted to our hospital for planning autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (auto-HSCT). He was diagnosed as multiple myeloma (IgG type Kappa) in 2003. His physical examination was normal with no important abnormality on laboratory evaluation. Chest radiography performed for routine evaluation prior to transplantation revealed a large, well-defined mass, that had obtuse angles with the chest wall consistent with extraparenchymal lesion superposed on second and third ribs. Also, there were multiple bony structures demonstrating changes of destructive effects of multiple myeloma. Computed tomography (CT)-guided biopsy was obtained from the mass by transthoracic fine-needle aspiration (FNAB) method. Biopsy was reported as extramedullary hematopoiesis (EMH) contrary to our expectation of multiple myeloma.</p></abstract>

A 42-year-old male patient was admitted to our hospital for planning autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (auto-HSCT). He was diagnosed as multiple myeloma (IgG type Kappa) in 2003. His physical examination was normal with no important abnormality on laboratory evaluation. Chest radiography performed for routine evaluation prior to transplantation revealed a large, well-defined mass, that had obtuse angles with the chest wall consistent with extraparenchymal lesion superposed on second and third ribs. Also, there were multiple bony structures demonstrating changes of destructive effects of multiple myeloma. Computed tomography (CT)-guided biopsy was obtained from the mass by transthoracic fine-needle aspiration (FNAB) method. Biopsy was reported as extramedullary hematopoiesis (EMH) contrary to our expectation of multiple myeloma.

Pulmonary Extramedullary Hematopoiesis Mimicking Plasmacytoma in a Patient with Multiple Myeloma

Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey

Department of Hematology, Faculty of Medicine, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey

Department of Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey

Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey

Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey

Romanian Journal of Internal Medicine

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A 42-year-old male patient was admitted to our hospital for planning autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (auto-HSCT). He was diagnosed as...

Pulmonary Extramedullary Hematopoiesis Mimicking Plasmacytoma in a Patient with Multiple Myeloma

Publié en ligne: 10 déc. 2015

Pages: 355 - 358

Reçu: 13 mai 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rjim-2015-0046

Mots clés
extramedullary hematopoiesis, multiple myeloma, thorax, auto-HSCT

© 2015 Suleyman Baldane et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Pulmonary Extramedullary Hematopoiesis Mimicking Plasmacytoma in a Patient with Multiple Myeloma

Publié en ligne: 10 déc. 2015

Pages: 355 - 358

Reçu: 13 mai 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rjim-2015-0046

Mots clésextramedullary hematopoiesis, multiple myeloma, thorax, auto-HSCT

© 2015 Suleyman Baldane et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
extramedullary hematopoiesis, multiple myeloma, thorax, auto-HSCT