Multiple myeloma presenting as extramedullary plasmacytoma of the thyroid, advanced grade II — III plasmablastic type

✍ Scribed by Vicki L. Schiller; Andrew L. Deutsch; Roderick R. Turner

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1995
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 925 KB
• Volume: 24
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0364-2348
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00198425

✦ Synopsis

Clinical information

The patient, a 68-year-old woman, was in good health until the onset of her recent illness 6 months ago. One week before the radiologic imaging studies were performed, she suffered rapidly clinical deterioration, presenting with anemia and weakness. Physical examination was remarkable only for a mass in the right lobe of the thyroid gland mass and a mass in the left buttock. Computed tomography of the neck, chest, abdomen, and pelvis was performed. A mass in the right thyroid gland, lobe, an expansile mass of the left ilium, and an expansile mass of the posterior part of the T7 rib (Fig. 1-3) were noted. Additionally, a lytic lesion involving the body of T10 was identified (not shown).