Rib plasmacytoma and IgA multiple myeloma with hyperviscosity syndrome.

Multiple Myeloma Presenting as Respiratory Stridor

Extramedullary plasmacytoma occurs in 18% of patients with multiple myeloma. Laryngeal involvement in multiple myeloma is rare, and only a few cases have been reported. We present a case of a 44-year-old women with multiple myeloma who presented with stridor due to a mass involving the larynx which was initially proven to be plasmacytoma on biopsy. She had evidence of multiple myeloma of IgA la...

IgA pyroglobulin, hyperviscosity syndrome and coagulation abnormality in a patient with multiple myeloma.

Hypoglossal Nerve Mononeuropathy as the First Presenting Symptom of Progressing Multiple Myeloma

Multiple myeloma (MM) rarely presents with a primary neurological dysfunction, and if it does it is usually due to a plasmacytoma. This is the first case to discuss hypoglossal nerve dysfunction as the first sign of MM progression secondary to severe pathophysiologic bone lysis. A PubMed-based literature search was completed on April 17, 2016 for the terms "multiple myeloma" and "hypoglossal ne...

گزارش یک مورد نشانگان پوئمز (POEMS SYNDROME) از ایران و مروری بر مقالاتی که در این زمینه منتشر شده است.

The crow-fukas, Takatsuki or POEMS syndrome (The acronym of Polyneuropathy, Organomegaly, endocrinopathy, M component and skin changes), a rare, multisystem disorder associated with osteosclerotic myeloma, is characterize by the combination of plasma cell discrasia with polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, monoclonal(M) protein, skin changes, as well as various other sign, such...

Solitary plasmacytoma of rib in a young adult – a rare case report

Solitary plasmacytoma of bone (SPB) is a rare disease, defined as clonal proliferation of plasma cells identical to those of plasma cell myeloma, which manifest as localised osseous growth with no evidence of disease dissemination. We report a case of solitary plasmacytoma of Right 6 rib in 28-year-old male. The patient underwent complete en-bloc resection of the chest wall harbouring the tumou...