title: Multiple myeloma of the periodontium. A case report.
abstract: Multiple periodontal lesions were the presenting features leading to a diagnosis of multiple myeloma in a 38-year-old male. Ulceration and bleeding from a rapidly growing retromolar myelomatous mass, multiple foci of alveolar bone destruction and cortical expansion together with multifocal skeletal destruction were the hallmarks of the neoplastic process. Radiotherapy and chemotherapy brought a substantial, but temporary, remission with improvement of the periodontal condition. A sudden exacerbation of the died 22 months after the diagnosis was made.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Medicine and Periodontology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Durban-Westville, Dormerton, South Africa.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Petit
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Ripamonti
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005147:Facial Bones / Q000473:pathology; D005887:Gingival Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007573:Jaw Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000473:pathology