Open AccessMANAGEMENT OF EXTRAMEDULLARY PLASMOCYTOMA OF HEAD AND NECK
Author(s) -
Naoual Benhmidou,
Fadoua Rais,
Khadija Bellahammou,
Abdelhak Maghous,
Hasna Loughlimi,
Meryem Kamouni,
Fadila Kouhen,
Sanaa Elmajjaoui,
Tayeb Kebdani,
H. Elkacemi,
Noureddine Benjaafar
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
international journal of surgery and medicine/international journal of surgery and medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2367-7414
pISSN - 2367-699X
DOI - 10.5455/ijsm.extramedullary-plasmocytoma
Subject(s) - medicine , plasmacytoma , head and neck , multiple myeloma , extramedullary plasmacytoma , radiation therapy , radiology , chemotherapy , surgery
Extramedullary plasmocytoma is an expansion of a single clone of immunoglobulin-secreting plasma cells without evidence of multiple myeloma. It is un uncommon entity that occurs usually in head and neck area. It is radiocurable at average doses while adjuvant chemotherapy is still controversial. Progression rates to multiple myeloma are lower than bone plasmacytoma. We report three cases of extramedullary plasmacytoma and through a literature review we discuss radiation modalities as well as evolutionary aspects