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Extramedullary plasmacytoma with intranasal localization Cover

Extramedullary plasmacytoma with intranasal localization

Open Access
|Apr 2020

Abstract

Plasmacytoma is a rare, non-epithelial, malignant tumor, affecting soft or bony tissues, which can have a unique location (solitary or extramedullary solitary plasmacytoma), or multiple (multiple myeloma). In the ENT sphere, it is most commonly encountered in its extramedullary form, which develops in the region of the head and neck, at the level of the submucosa. Most commonly, it affects the elderly, who have cardinal symptoms such as unilateral nasal obstruction, nasal or facial swelling, tissue necrosis or mucosal ulcerations, perforation of the nasal septum with dysmorphia of the nasal pyramid, recurrent unilateral epistaxis. Radiotherapy is the treatment of choice for extramedullary plasmacytoma. The prognosis is a reserved one, the risk of recurrence or conversion to multiple myeloma also existing 15 years after treatment.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rjr-2020-0010 | Journal eISSN: 2393-3356 | Journal ISSN: 2069-6523
Language: English
Page range: 45 - 50
Submitted on: Jan 6, 2020
Accepted on: Jan 23, 2020
Published on: Apr 24, 2020
Published by: Romanian Rhinologic Society
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2020 Alexandru Pirvu, Codrut Sarafoleanu, Gabriela Musat, published by Romanian Rhinologic Society
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