[Myeloma disease with concomitant macroglossia: case report].
The paper describes a patient presenting with myeloma disease with concomitant macroglossia simulating a neoplasm in the bottom of the oral cavity and complicated by laryngeal paresis and the development of grade III stenosis. A brief characteristic of myeloma disease, amyloidosis, and macroglossia syndrome is provided. The authors focus attention on the main diagnostic criteria for this pathology and discuss possible diagnostic mistakes.
Kriukov
A I
AI
Turovskiĭ
A B
AB
Zakharova
E V
EV
Zavgorodniĭ
A E
AE
Kolbanova
I G
IG
D017772:Amyloid Neuropathies / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008260:Macroglossia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed