Open AccessPrimary pulmonary plasmacytoma accompanied by overlap syndrome: A case report and review of the literature
Author(s) -
Yi Zhou,
Xiaohong Wang,
Shuang-Shuang Meng,
Huichao Wang,
Yuxia Li,
Rui Xu,
Xiaoqing Diana Lin
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
world journal of clinical cases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.368
H-Index - 10
ISSN - 2307-8960
DOI - 10.12998/wjcc.v8.i20.4999
Subject(s) - medicine , plasmacytoma , plasma cell neoplasm , bronchiectasis , pathology , lung , pulmonary fibrosis , multiple myeloma , radiology , fibrosis
Extramedullary plasmacytoma (EMP) is a rare kind of soft tissue plasma cell neoplasm without bone marrow involvement; this type of plasma cell neoplasm involves a lack of other systemic characteristics of multiple myeloma. Primary pulmonary plasmacytoma (PPP), with no specific clinical manifestations, is an exceedingly rare type of EMP. Because of its complexity, PPP is often difficult to diagnose, and there is no report in the literature on cases accompanied by overlap syndrome (OS).