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Solitary myeloma of the talus bone
Author(s) -
Lasker James C.,
Lane Montague,
Bishop John O.,
Wilbanks John H.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(19910701)68:1<202::aid-cncr2820680137>3.0.co;2-u
Subject(s) - medicine , multiple myeloma , pelvis , skull , plasmacytoma , skeleton (computer programming) , anatomy
Solitary myeloma can present as either extramedullary plasmacytoma or solitary plasmacytoma of bone (SPB). More than half of reported cases of SPB are localized to the spine. The rest include appendage long bones of the skeleton, pelvis, and skull. The first case of SPB (to the authors' knowledge) is reported involving the talus bone of the foot. Although approximately 50% of SPB patients progress to multiple myeloma in the first 3 years after diagnosis, aggressive local therapy is indicated because the median survival of patients with SPB is better than that for multiple myeloma.