Maxillofacial plasmacytoma resulting in intraoral hemorrhage in a patient with multiple myeloma.
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.
Sirois
D A
DA
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
Cohen
S G
SG
Greenberg
M S
MS
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