Intraoral corroboration of systemic plasma-cell myeloma. Abbreviated case report.
A patient with a previously diagnosed case of multiple myeloma was readmitted for a pathologic fracture of the hip. Intraoral examination revealed a soft-tissue swelling over the right posterior mandibular ridge. Radiographs showed multiple radiolucent areas of the maxilla and mandible. A needle-biopsy technique was used to confirm the diagnosis of intraoral manifestations of plasma-cell myeloma.
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008339:Mandibular Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000473:pathology*