Radiographic manifestations of multiple myeloma in the mandible: a retrospective study of 77 patients.
OBJECTIVE
This retrospective study was done to determine the frequency and radiographic pattern multiple myeloma in the mandible.


METHODS
Seventy-seven patients with multiple myeloma were studied using skull and panoramic radiographs of the jaws made at the time of initial diagnosis.


RESULTS
Skull manifestations were present in 46.7% and jaw manifestations in 15.6% of the cases studied. The pattern of jaw involvement was characterized by osteolytic lesions without other radiographic manifestations of bone involvement. There was no relationship between the pattern of jaw and extragnathic involvement and increased M-component of secreted immune globulin. Jaw involvement was largely unaccompained by oral symptoms.


CONCLUSIONS
The results suggest that mandibular lesions are a common finding in multiple myeloma.
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Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School (Charité), Humboldt University Berlin, Germany.
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008339:Mandibular Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D009194:Myeloma Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D010014:Osteolysis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology
D009194:Myeloma Proteins