Open AccessMaxillary swelling — A rare presentation of solitary plasmacytoma
Author(s) -
Soumyajit Das,
Somnath Saha,
Anup Kr. Bhowmic,
Suhrata Mukherjee,
Somalee Banerjee
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.229
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 2231-3796
pISSN - 0973-7707
DOI - 10.1007/bf02974353
Subject(s) - medicine , extramedullary plasmacytoma , otorhinolaryngology , presentation (obstetrics) , head and neck surgery , plasmacytoma , swelling , radiology , pathology , surgery , multiple myeloma
Plasmacytoma is not a rare entity; it usually presents as bone pain (70%) or susceptibility to infection e. g. · pneumonia or pyelonephritis, but its presentation as isolated maxillary swelling is a rare entity.Here, a 25 years young male presented with right maxillary swelling. After radiological, histopathological and biochemical investigation, it was diagnosed as plasmacytoma. The modalities of treatment with review of literture is discussed in this report.