Endobronchial metastatic plasmacytoma

Extramedullary endobronchial plasmacytoma.

To cite: Fernández-Bussy S, Labarca G, Folch E, et al. BMJ Case Reports Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/ bcr-2012-007354 DESCRIPTION A 58-year-old man with a history of multiple myeloma was admitted to the hospital with progressive dyspnoea and hypoxemia. Chest examination revealed decreased breath sounds bilaterally. Blood examination revealed anaemia. Chest x-ray...

Endobronchial embolization of metastatic endobronchial sarcoma.

Endobronchial metastatic disease.

Between 1969 and 1979, 90 patients of the Thoracic Surgical Unit at Harefield Hospital were found to have pulmonary metastatic disease. In 25 instances (28%) the diagnosis was established by bronchial biopsy. Twenty-four patients had endobronchial metastatic carcinoma and in one metastatic sarcoma was diagnosed. All but one had a past history of malignancy, the interval between treatment of the...

Bronchoscopic electrocautery therapy of a solitary endobronchial extramedullary plasmacytoma.

Extramedullary plasmacytomas are rare tumors. In majority of cases tumors arise in the head and neck region and endobronchial localization is extremely rare. The treatment is usually resection alone or combination of surgery with radiotherapy. Herein we present a case of solitary endobronchial plasmacytoma which was resected with bronchoscopic electrocautery, because of extremely rare occurrenc...

Diffuse Endobronchial Wall Spread of Metastatic Breast Cancer

We present here a case of diffuse tracheobronchial wall spread of metastatic breast cancer who was successfully treated with trastuzumab plus vinorelbine chemotherapy. The patient had a left radical mastectomy for breast cancer in March 2000 and developed persistent cough and dyspnea in November 2006. Pulmonary function test demonstrated an obstructive pattern. Chest computed tomography showed ...