title: Thyroid cartilage involvement in patient affected by IgA multiple myeloma: case report.
abstract: Neoplasms originating from plasma cell are rare in the head and neck region. A correct clinical evaluation is very important in order to formulate a differential diagnosis as well as to distinguish local from metastatic disease. We report a case of larynx involvement by an IgA multiple myeloma in a 69-year-old female diagnosed in October 2004 and treated with chemotherapy; the 1 year control do not show progression of disease and the laryngeal lesion is unchanged. We highlight the radiological findings and clinical features to suspect plasma cell tumors in cases with a similar presentation.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento Scienze Otorinolaringoiatriche, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo, Italy. francesco-dispenza@libero.it
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dispenza
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sciandra
authors.forename: Carmelo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Saraniti
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003907:Dexamethasone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007070:Immunoglobulin A / Q000097:blood*; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy; D013957:Thyroid Cartilage; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014750:Vincristine / Q000627:therapeutic use