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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-7-3
pubmed:abstractText
We report on the case of a 70-year-old woman presenting with right hip pain. Radiographs of the right hip demonstrated a well-defined large lytic lesion in the proximal right femur, with prominent trabeculae situated peripherally and extending into the lesion in a "spoke-wheel" pattern. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) demonstrated solid enhancing marrow-replacing lesion, with intervening linear nonenhancing areas of low T2 signal intensity. The MRI appearance resembled that of a small brain or "mini brain". Biopsy specimen demonstrated predominantly mature plasma cells, with occasional admixed immature forms. A diagnosis of plasmacytosis, consistent with myeloma, was made. This case illustrates a rare but seemingly characteristic "mini brain" appearance of plasmacytoma, which, to date, has only been reported in the spine and has not been observed in other bony lesions.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0364-2348
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
37
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
771-4
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
The "mini brain" appearance of plasmacytoma in the appendicular skeleton.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Ave. A21, Cleveland, OH, 44195, USA. subhasn@ccf.org
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports