Solitary extramedullary plasmacytoma of the premaxilla.
Solitary extramedullary plasmacytoma is a rare tumour with radiotherapy playing an important role in its management. This report describes the case history of a man with a solitary extramedullary plasmacytoma at an extremely rare site, the premaxilla, that posed certain diagnostic and therapeutic dilemmas. The patient underwent surgery followed by postoperative radiotherapy. The use of two modalities of treatment for this localized tumour has been justified by briefly reviewing the literature and defining the various prognostic factors. These prognostic factors in turn should guide the treatment of these uncommon tumours.
Murthy
Vedang
V
Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India.
Agarwal
Jai Prakash
JP
Jalali
Rakesh
R
Chinoy
Roshni F
RF
D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008441:Maxillary Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010954:Plasmacytoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed