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Title: | Multiple Myeloma with primary manifestation in the mandible: a case report |
Author: | Vieira-Leite Segundo, Airton Lima Falcão, Marcelo Ferreira Correia-Lins Filho, Romualdo Marqués Soares, Maria Sueli López López, José, 1958- Chimenos Küstner, Eduardo |
Keywords: | Càncer Maxil·lars Cancer Jaws |
Issue Date: | 1-Apr-2008 |
Publisher: | Medicina Oral SL |
Abstract: | Multiple myeloma is a monoclonal malignant proliferation of plasma cells that causes osteolytic lesions in the vertebrae, ribs, pelvic bone, skull and jaw. We report on a clinical case of an 81-year-old male patient who presented with a tumefaction in the mandibular symphysis region, which had evolved over the previous seven months. In the radiographic examination, an extensive osteolytic lesion was observed in the region mentioned above. An incisional biopsy was performed and a histopathological study revealed a malignant hematopoietic neoplasm formed by plasmacytoid cells. During the bone gammagraphy a dissemination of the disease was detected in the scapula, clavicle and ribs. The diagnosis was multiple myeloma. Knowledge about the maxillofacial manifestations of multiple myeloma is important for the early diagnosis of the disease, since its primary form can manifest itself in the jaw. In the clinical case presented here, we highlight the interdisciplinarity needed to obtain a diagnosis and treatment of multiple myeloma |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: http://www.medicinaoral.com/ |
It is part of: | Medicina Oral, Patología Oral y Cirugia Bucal, 2008, vol. 13, num. 4, p. 232-234 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/50740 |
ISSN: | 1698-4447 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Odontoestomatologia) |
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