Open AccessMandibular lesion as the first sign of multiple myeloma in a young patient
Author(s) -
Flávia Sirotheau Corrêa Pontes,
Lucas Lacerda de Souza,
Felipe Paiva Fonseca,
Hélder Antônio Rebelo Pontes
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of oral and maxillofacial pathology/journal of oral and maxillofacial pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.455
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1998-393X
pISSN - 0973-029X
DOI - 10.4103/jomfp.jomfp_109_17
Subject(s) - multiple myeloma , mandible (arthropod mouthpart) , medicine , lesion , intramedullary rod , plasma cell myeloma , plasma cell , neoplasm , plasma cell neoplasm , sign (mathematics) , pathology , surgery , plasmacytoma , biology , botany , mathematics , genus , mathematical analysis
Multiple myeloma (MM) is a malignant neoplasm characterized by an abnormal intramedullary plasma cell proliferation. It accounts for approximately 10% of all hematologic malignancies. It generally occurs between fourth and seventh decades of life, and it is predominant in male patients. Patients lower than 40 years are considered young, and only very few cases have been reported. We present a rare case of a 27-year-old man whose initial findings of MM were a swelling at the ramus of the mandible.