title: [Mandibular tumor with spicule formation in multiple myeloma].
abstract: A 40-year-old male complained of swelling of the right mandible. It was a hard bone tumor which was 70 x 50 x 45 mm in size without tenderness. In serum, the level of IgG was 5814 mg/dl, IgA 95 mg/dl and IgM 8 mg/dl with monoclonal increasing of gamma and lambda-chain. No Bence Jones protein was detected. In a bone marrow aspirate atypical plasma cells were 7.3% in nucleated cells in slightly hypocellular marrow. X-ray examination disclosed a spicule formation surrounding the osteolytic focus in the mandible. In addition, a osteolytic tumor without spicule formation was found in a rib. The histological examination of biopsy specimen obtained from the mandibular tumor revealed that atypical plasma cells infiltrated the fibrous tissue with new bone formation. Spicule formation in the bone lesion of multiple myeloma is unusual.
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Yamada
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Otokida
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Kanazawa
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Kanayama
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Suzuki
authors: Y
authors: Y
authors: Ogasawara
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Kato
authors: Y
authors: Y
authors: Fukuda
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Sakuma
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008339:Mandibular Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D010014:Osteolysis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography