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Mediastinal Plasmacytoma Detected by Echocardiography and Biopsied with EUS‐FNA
Author(s) -
Mallo Rebecca,
Gottlieb Klaus,
Waggoner Douglas,
Wittenkeller Jay
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2008.00736.x
Subject(s) - plasmacytoma , mediastinal mass , medicine , radiology , fine needle aspiration , endoscopic ultrasound , biopsy , differential diagnosis , endomyocardial biopsy , mediastinum , pathology , multiple myeloma
Mediastinal ultrasound is currently being performed by a variety of different practioners but all need to be familiar with major pathology outside their narrow fields. We are reporting the first case where echocardiography led to the discovery of a mediastinal mass which upon endoscopic‐ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration biopsy (EUS‐FNA) was found to be a plasmacytoma. The differential diagnosis of mediastinal masses is briefly reviewed.