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Case Reports
. 2012 Mar;27(1):111-3.
doi: 10.3904/kjim.2012.27.1.111. Epub 2012 Feb 28.

Primary pulmonary plasmacytoma presenting as multiple lung nodules

Sang-Heon Kim, Tae Hyung Kim, Jang Won Sohn, Ho Joo Yoon, Dong Ho Shin, In Soon Kim, Sung Soo Park
Case Reports

Primary pulmonary plasmacytoma presenting as multiple lung nodules

Sang-Heon Kim et al. Korean J Intern Med. 2012 Mar.
No abstract available

Keywords: Multiple Pulmonary Nodules; Paraproteinemias; Plasmacytoma.

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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Chest computed tomography (CT) scan on admission showing ill defined nodular opacities and consolidations in both lungs.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Histology of lung nodule showing diffuse infiltration of plasma cells (A, H&E, × 200; B, immunohistochemical stain for lambda chain, × 200).
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