Maxillary swelling — A rare presentation of solitary plasmacytoma | Zendy

Sudip Das | Zendy; Somnath Saha | Zendy; Anup Kr. Bhowmic | Zendy; Suhrata Mukherjee | Zendy; Satyahrata Banerjee | Zendy

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Maxillary swelling — A rare presentation of solitary plasmacytoma

Author(s) -

Sudip Das,

Somnath Saha,

Anup Kr. Bhowmic,

Suhrata Mukherjee,

Satyahrata 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.

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