A Case of Solitary Bone Plasmacytoma of the Middle Cranial Fossa.
- Author:
Soo Mee BANG
1
;
Won Sup LEE
;
In Ho KIM
;
Dae Seog HEO
;
Yung Jue BANG
;
Dae Hee HAN
;
Noe Kyeong KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University, Medical College, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Solitary bone plasmacytoma;
Orbit;
Cranial fossa
- MeSH:
Aged;
Biopsy;
Cranial Fossa, Middle*;
Diagnosis;
Fractures, Spontaneous;
Humans;
Humerus;
Neoplasms, Plasma Cell;
Orbit;
Plasmacytoma*;
Proteinuria;
Radiotherapy
- From:Journal of the Korean Cancer Association
1997;29(1):182-182
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Solitary plasmacytoma consists of solitary bone plasmacytoma (SBP) and extramedullary plasmacytoma. Its frequency is about 7% among the total plasma cell neoplasm. Solitary bone plasmacytoma of the cranial cavity occurs in 0~18% of patients with SBP. We experienced a case of SBP originated from the middle cranial fossa in a 68-year-old man. After surgical removal of the mass, biopsy specimen revealed plasmacytoma, kappa type. There was no evidence of systemic involvement. Additional radiotherapy was performed. Twenty-one months after the diagnosis of SBP, pathologic fracture of the left humerus happened. Biopsy specimen of the operation revealed same diagnosis. At that time, Bence Jones proteinuria was detected in immuno-electrophoresis of urine and simple bone X-rays showed multiple osteolytic lesions.A case of SBP of the orbit and middle cranial fossa in a 68-year-old man is presented and the literature is reviewed.
