title: Extramedullary plasmacytoma of paranasal sinuses. A combined therapeutic strategy.
abstract: Extramedullary plasmacytoma of the head and neck region is a rare malignant tumour comprising approximately 3% of all plasma cell tumours. Approximately 80-90% of extramedullary plasmacytomas involve the Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue of the upper airways, 75% of these involve the nasal and paranasal regions. Radiotherapy is considered the treatment of choice, surgery being limited to biopsy and to excision of residual disease. A case of extramedullary plasmacytoma of the nasal cavity and ethmoid sinus is reported, in which surgical excision is followed by complementary radiotherapy on the site of the tumour.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology and Otolaryngology, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Attanasio
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Viccaro
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Barbaro
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: De Seta
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Filipo
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010255:Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery; D010954:Plasmacytoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed