Multiple Myeloma Presenting as a Painful Mandibular Swelling: A Case Report

From Volume 28, Issue 5, June 2001 | Pages 258-260

Authors

M.L. Chindia

BDS, MSc, FFD RCSI

Senior Lecturer, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dental Sciences, University of Nairobi, The Nairobi Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya

Articles by M.L. Chindia

M.S. Riyat

MBChB, FRCPath(UK)

Consultant Haematologist and Oncologist, The Nairobi Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya

Articles by M.S. Riyat

A. Nyong'o

BS, MS, FACP

Associate Professor and Chief of Pathology, The Nairobi Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya

Articles by A. Nyong'o

Abstract

Multiple myeloma is a disease characterized by monoclonal proliferation of plasma cells, the most differentiated stage of B-cells. Primary manifestation of multiple myeloma in the jawbones is rare. In the case reported here, a 29-year-old woman who presented with a right mandibular swelling after extraction of a mobile painful tooth turned out to have multiple myeloma. Current diagnostic criteria and management strategies of the disease are discussed.

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