Extramedullary plasmacytoma of the salivary glands

Extramedullary plasmacytoma of the head and neck, parotid and submandibular salivery glands

“…Haematological, serological, skeletal survey and bone marrow examinations are expected to be normal. Electrophoretic serum globulins estimation may be elevated and serum immunoglobulins may be increased, but this may herald the onset of multiple myeloma; though abnormal serum protein electrophoretic patterns returned to normal after surgical removal of solitary lesions (Lane, 1952;Nelson and Lyons, 1957) and following response to radiotherapy in cases of solitary bone lesions (Meyer and Schulz, 1974). Investigations to exclude multiple myeloma are essential.…”

“…Only one case of plasmacytoma of the parotid is reported in the literature (Vainio-Mattila, 1965); one of the submandibular salivary gland. (Pascoe and Dorfman, 1969); and one of both glands (Koop and Carley, 1966).…”

Extramedullary plasmacytoma of the parotid gland: Report of a case and review of the literature.

“…The previous reports (Vainio-Mattila 1965;Koop and Carley 1966;Pascoe and Dorfman 1969;Gromer and Duvall 1973;Wiltshaw 1976;Pahor 1977;Ferlito et al 1980;Palestro et al 1983) and our new case are summarized in Table 1. In the absence of monoclonal immunoglobulins in the serum and/or urine, immunohistochemical studies to confirm a monoclonal proliferation are essential for the diagnosis of PEMP (Regezi et al 1983).…”

“…The first case involving the parotid gland was reported by Vainio-Mattila (1965). A review of the literature (Vainio-Mattila 1965;Koop and Carley 1966;Pascoe and Dorfman Requests for reprints should be addressed to Dr. Tadashi Kanoh. Received December 24, 1984; accepted for publication May 1, 1985May 1, .…”

Plasmacytoma of the head and neck

“…Case 7 P.J. is a previously reported case (Koop and Carley, 1966) of a 73-year-old male veteran who had a left submandibular gland resected for chronic siala-denitis in September of 1964. About one year later, this man presented himself to the Minneapolis Veterans' Hospital with a one month history of neck swelling.…”