title: [Imaging of solitary maxillo-mandibular plasmacytoma].
abstract: CT was performed in three patients with plasmacytoma of the maxilla and mandible. CT allows improved depiction of the tumor and associated local invasion and bony destruction but remains non-specific. Histology is mandatory for diagnosis and work-up necessary to confirm the solitary nature of the lesion. Intraosseous intramedullary lesions often evolve to multiple myeloma after a few years whereas extramedullary lesions, commonly involving sinonasal structures, typically remain solitary.
authors.affiliation: Service de Radiologie A, Hôpital Central, Strasbourg.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bourjat
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Kahn
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Braun
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008339:Mandibular Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008441:Maxillary Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008444:Maxillary Sinus Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D010014:Osteolysis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010954:Plasmacytoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed