title: Multiple myeloma presenting with external ear canal mass.
abstract: The manifestations of multiple myeloma are protean and related to bony osteolytic lesions, and to medullar and renal insufficiency. We report a patient who presented with otalgia as the inaugural symptom of multiple myeloma. Local irradiation combined with systemic chemotherapy led to the disappearance of the temporal bone mass and the accompanying symptoms. To date, 24 months after the diagnosis, the patient is still in remission. The literature on otological involvement in multiple myeloma is reviewed. Symptoms are non-specific and include hearing loss, tinnitus, dizziness, facial paralysis, and otalgia. The diagnosis of multiple myeloma should be considered in the presence of a temporal bone mass.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University Canton Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Quinodoz
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dulguerov
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Kurt
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ruefenacht
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Abele
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Allal
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Montandon
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004433:Earache / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D013701:Temporal Bone; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed