title: Solitary plasmacytoma of the mandible: report of two cases.
abstract: Plasma cell neoplasms (plasmacytoma) are discrete, solitary masses of lymphoid neoplastic proliferations of B cells. Plasmacytomas comprise three groups: multiple myeloma, solitary plasmacytoma (SP) and extramedullary plasmacytoma. SP originates as a clone of transformed malignant plasma cells in the bone marrow. SP of the jaw is a rare condition; therefore diagnosis is quite difficult and often results in misdiagnosis. MM is a lymphoproliferative disease the prognosis of which is worse than SP. SP can progress to MM in a few months to years after diagnosis. In this regard, early diagnosis of the disease is of utmost importance. This article presents two cases of SP diagnosed in the mandible and documented with clinical, radiographic and histological findings.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Istanbul Aydin University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Sercan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kucukkurt
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Nazife Begüm
authors.initials: NB
authors.lastname: Karan
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Burcu
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Senguven
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Sevil
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kahraman
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008339:Mandibular Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D010954:Plasmacytoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed