Solitary pleural plasmacytomas manifested as a massive pleural effusion without evidence of monoclonal gammopathy

Respirology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 751-753

  Feng, Po Hao ^a   Huang, Chung Chi ^a   Wang, Chih Wei ^b   Wu, Yao Kuang ^a   Tsai, Ying Huang ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Multiple myeloma; Plasma cell tumour; Plasmacytoma; Pleural monoclonal gammopathy

Indexed keywords

CD38 ANTIGEN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 4; PARAPROTEIN; SYNDECAN 1; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PLASMACYTOMA; PLEURA BIOPSY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD38; HUMANS; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTORS; LUNG; MALE; PARAPROTEINEMIAS; PARAPROTEINS; PLASMACYTOMA; PLEURAL EFFUSION, MALIGNANT; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SYNDECAN-1;

EID: 47149109625     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2008.01319.x     Document Type: Article

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