Open AccessMultiple myeloma presenting as thoracic plasmacytoma – Two rare cases
Author(s) -
Rajesh Saha,
Aruna Bhattacharya,
Joydip Deb,
Pamela Nayak,
Bhaswati Das
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
egyptian journal of chest diseases and tuberculosis/egyptian journal of chest diseases and tuberculosis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2090-9950
pISSN - 0422-7638
DOI - 10.1016/j.ejcdt.2013.10.008
Subject(s) - medicine , multiple myeloma , thorax (insect anatomy) , plasmacytoma , plasma cell , pathology , radiology , anatomy
Multiple myeloma (MM) is a clonal proliferation of plasma cells with multiple osteolytic lesions. Multiple myeloma in the thorax is relatively uncommon. Hereby, we present 2 cases of multiple myeloma involving the thorax (1) in a 55years old nonsmoker, female (2) and in a 45-years-old, smoker, male