TY - JOUR
T1 - Cricoid-based extramedullary plasmocytoma
AU - Pichi, Barbara
AU - Terenzi, Valentina
AU - Covello, Renato
AU - Spriano, Giuseppe
PY - 2011/11
Y1 - 2011/11
N2 - Extramedullary plasmocytomas are solitary, vascular, soft tissue plasma cell tumors without evidence of multiple myeloma (MM) that represent approximately 1% of head and neck malignancies. Approximately one third of them disseminate to MM within 2 years from presentation. Extramedullary plasmocytomas have been reported to involve larynx in 6% to 18% of cases, most commonly affecting the epiglottis and the ventricle, followed in order by the true vocal cord, false vocal cord, aryepiglottic fold, arytenoids, and subglottis. In this report, we describe a case of plasmocytoma involving the cricoid, the left cricoaritenoid joint, and the homolateral vocal process that developed MM 1 year after primary treatment.
AB - Extramedullary plasmocytomas are solitary, vascular, soft tissue plasma cell tumors without evidence of multiple myeloma (MM) that represent approximately 1% of head and neck malignancies. Approximately one third of them disseminate to MM within 2 years from presentation. Extramedullary plasmocytomas have been reported to involve larynx in 6% to 18% of cases, most commonly affecting the epiglottis and the ventricle, followed in order by the true vocal cord, false vocal cord, aryepiglottic fold, arytenoids, and subglottis. In this report, we describe a case of plasmocytoma involving the cricoid, the left cricoaritenoid joint, and the homolateral vocal process that developed MM 1 year after primary treatment.
KW - larynx
KW - Solitary extramedullary plasmocytoma
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U2 - 10.1097/SCS.0b013e318231e56d
DO - 10.1097/SCS.0b013e318231e56d
M3 - Article
C2 - 22134279
AN - SCOPUS:82955200102
VL - 22
SP - 2361
EP - 2363
JO - Journal of Craniofacial Surgery
JF - Journal of Craniofacial Surgery
SN - 1049-2275
IS - 6
ER -