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Extramedullary myeloma in an HIV-seropositive subject. Literature review and report of an unusual case

Authors: Liviu Feller, Jason White, Neil H Wood, Michael Bouckaert, Johan Lemmer, Erich J Raubenheimer

Published in: Head & Face Medicine | Issue 1/2009

Abstract

Myeloma is characterized by monoclonal bone marrow plasmacytosis, the presence of M-protein in serum and/or in urine and osteolytic bone lesions. HIV-seropositive subjects with myeloma are younger at the time of diagnosis of the tumour and usually the myeloma has a more aggressive clinical course than it does in HIV-seronegative subjects.

A case of an HIV-seropositive woman in whom myeloma was diagnosed following progressive swelling of the face, is reported. In addition to bone marrow plasmacytosis and the presence of M-protein in the serum, the patient had an extramedullary lesion affecting the oral cavity, maxilla, parotid gland and paranasal sinuses, and extending intracranially and intraorbitally.

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Title: Extramedullary myeloma in an HIV-seropositive subject. Literature review and report of an unusual case
Authors: Liviu Feller
Jason White
Neil H Wood
Michael Bouckaert
Johan Lemmer
Erich J Raubenheimer
Publication date: 01-12-2009
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: Head & Face Medicine / Issue 1/2009
Electronic ISSN: 1746-160X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1746-160X-5-4

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