South African Journal of Radiology (Apr 2017)

Rare case of solitary plasmacytoma of the skull in a young male patient

  • Swati Singh,
  • Vaishali Upadhyaya,
  • Rajat Agarwal,
  • Ratni B. Gujral

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4102/sajr.v21i1.1133
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 21, no. 1
pp. e1 – e4

Abstract

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Solitary plasmacytoma of bone without signs of multiple myeloma is a rare entity. It usually presents as an osteolytic lesion in the axial skeleton of an elderly patient. Here, we report a case of solitary plasmacytoma in the skull of a young male patient which emphasises the need to consider it in the differential diagnosis of a destructive calvarial mass lesion even in this age group.

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