TABLE 1.
Clinical characteristics in four cases of primary endobronchial plasmacytoma (English publications)
| First author (ref) | Age, years/sex | Symptoms | Location | Treatment | Immunohistochemical Lymph node | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hematological | findings | status | Follow-up | |||||
| Brackett (7) | 68/male | Cough, dyspnea | Left mainstem bronchus | Nd-YAG laser | No M component | Lambda (+) | Normal | Not reported |
| Terzi (8) | 65/male | Cough, dyspnea | Tracheobronchial carina | Subtotal resection of the tracheobronchial carina | No M component | Kappa (+) | Normal | 63 months |
| Piard (4) | 70/male | Dyspnea | Posterior part of the left main stem bronchus | Left lower lobectomy | No M component | Kappa (+) | Metastasis | Not reported |
| Edelstein (2) | 47/male | Cough, shortness of breath | Left proximal bronchus | Bronchoscopic debulking and YAG laser | Not reported | Kappa (+) | Not reported | 8 months |
M Monoclonal protein; Nd-YAG Neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet; + Positive; ref Reference