title: Solitary plasmacytoma of the frontal bone.
abstract: We report a case of a solitary, painless, lytic lesion in the frontal bone in an otherwise asymptomatic patient. This was investigated with plain radiographs, computed tomography (CT), angiography and finally biopsy. Histology showed it to be a plasmacytoma. The radiological features of this lesion are discussed. Solitary plasmacytoma of bone has an uncertain relationship to multiple myeloma; it has only rarely been described in the skull and very rarely in the frontal bone.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, London Hospital, Whitechapel.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chumas
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: van der Walt
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005624:Frontal Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010954:Plasmacytoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed