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Revista Española de Cirugía Oral y Maxilofacial
On-line version ISSN 2173-9161Print version ISSN 1130-0558
Abstract
BELLOTTI MUSTECIC, Marko et al. Diagnosis of multiple myeloma following an osteolytic mandibular lesion. Rev Esp Cirug Oral y Maxilofac [online]. 2016, vol.38, n.4, pp.213-217. ISSN 2173-9161. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.maxilo.2015.12.005.
Purpose:
Multiple myeloma is a neoplasic proliferation of plasma cells with systemic repercussion and osteolytic lesions. The initial diagnosis by a mandibular lesion is extremely rare. Therefore we present a clinical case of multiple myeloma diagnosed following pain and swelling from an ostelytic mandibular lesion, and we review the literature in order establish a clinical profile and a typical radiological image that would allow us to suspect the diagnosis with more certainty.
Material and methods:
A 46 year-old woman comes to the Emergency Department complaining about preauricular pain and swelling. The orthopantomography shows a radiolucid multilolocular image along the mandibulary ramus and condyle. The histology and extension follow up concludes with a multiple myeloma diagnosis. A systematic review of Pubmed database was made searching for mandibular lesion at initial diagnosis of multiple myeloma within the last 5 years.
Results:
We found 13 cases including ours The mean age was 61 years with a slight male predominance; the most common clinical presentation was a firm to hard mandibular swelling with or without mucosal ulceration; and the most characteristic radiological image was a uni or multilocular osteolysis, with periostic reaction in one case.
Conclusions:
A mandibular lesion as a first sign of multiple myeloma is infrequent. Nevertheless, a maxilofacial surgeon should suspect a plasma cell neoplasia in cases of mandibular osteolytic images and start further studying without delay.
Keywords : Myeloma; Plasmocyitoma; Mandible; Osteolysis.