Open AccessAnaplastic myeloma presenting as mandibular swelling: Diagnosis by cytology
Author(s) -
K Subitha,
Thampy Renu,
Lillykutty Pothen,
V Letha
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of cytology/journal of cytology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.267
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 0974-5165
pISSN - 0970-9371
DOI - 10.4103/0970-9371.138691
Subject(s) - medicine , multiple myeloma , plasmacytoma , cytology , biopsy , pathology , skull , bone marrow , fine needle aspiration cytology , radiology , surgery
Multiple myeloma is a disease resulting from clonal proliferation of plasma cells. A disease of the elderly, jaw lesions are seen in 14% of patients affected with myeloma. Rarely the oral and maxillofacial lesions can be the first manifestation of the disease. We report the case of a 75-year-old man who presented with mandibular swelling. Fine-needle aspiration cytology was done from the swelling and smears were suggestive of anaplastic myeloma, which is a rare and aggressive variant of myeloma. The diagnosis of a plasmacytoma was confirmed by biopsy. Further workup of the patient revealed osteolytic lesions in skull, M band in electrophoresis and evidence of renal failure. Peripheral smear and bone marrow findings were also consistent with myeloma.