Myeloma disease with concomitant macroglossia: case report
Kriukov, A.I.; Turovskiĭ, A.B.; Zakharova, E.V.; Zavgorodniĭ, A.E.; Kolbanova, I.G.
Vestnik Otorinolaringologii 2010(3): 73-76
2010
ISSN/ISBN: 0042-4668 PMID: 20559259 Document Number: 640903
The paper describes a patient presenting with myeloma disease with concomitant macroglossia simulating a neoplasm in the bottom of the oral cavity and complicated by laryngeal paresis and the development of grade III stenosis. A brief characteristic of myeloma disease, amyloidosis, and macroglossia syndrome is provided. The authors focus attention on the main diagnostic criteria for this pathology and discuss possible diagnostic mistakes.