Imaging of solitary maxillo-mandibular plasmacytoma
Bourjat, P.; Kahn, J.L.; Braun, J.J.
Journal de Radiologie 80(8): 859-862
1999
ISSN/ISBN: 0221-0363 PMID: 10470616 Document Number: 501397
CT was performed in three patients with plasmacytoma of the maxilla and mandible. CT allows improved depiction of the tumor and associated local invasion and bony destruction but remains non-specific. Histology is mandatory for diagnosis and work-up necessary to confirm the solitary nature of the lesion. Intraosseous intramedullary lesions often evolve to multiple myeloma after a few years whereas extramedullary lesions, commonly involving sinonasal structures, typically remain solitary.