title: Maxillofacial plasmacytoma resulting in intraoral hemorrhage in a patient with multiple myeloma.
abstract: Oral symptoms of multiple myeloma are common. A patient with refractory multiple myeloma is described because of this unusual orofacial manifestations, including severe intraoral hemorrhage, a massive, erosive maxillofacial lesion with extension into the cranial fossa, and rapid growth of a large intraoral mass.
authors.affiliation: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Sirois
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Greenberg
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms; D006489:Hemostatic Techniques; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008441:Maxillary Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D006472:Oral Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D010954:Plasmacytoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy