Yonago Acta medica 2003;46:77–81
Multiple Myeloma Presenting Symptoms in the Oral and Maxillofacial Region
Masami Shibata, Isamu Kodani, Rieko Doi, Kazuko Takubo, Kazunori Kidani, Hiroatsu Sakai, Masayuki Sonoda and Kazuo Ryoke
Divisin of Oral and Maxillofacial Biopathological Surgery, Department of Medicine of Sensory and Motor Organs, School of Medicine, Tottori University Faculty of Medicine, Yonago 683-8503 Japan

Four cases of multiple myeloma presenting symptoms in the oral and maxillofacial region are reported. The main complaints in 2 patients were macroglossia and dysphagia. We doubted these cases were amyloidosis, but examinations performed for possible amyloidosis led us to a diagnosis of multiple myeloma. The other 2 patients presented signs in the mandible. One of them had a mass-type lesion in the gingiva which upon X-ray revealed an osteolytic lesion in the mandible and multiple "punched-out" osteolytic lesions in the cranial bones. The other showed only a diffuse non-homogeneous radiolucent lesion and dental ankylosis. Medical history and biochemical and hematologic findings would be helpful in diagnosing multiple myeloma. Here, we report our summarization of these 4 cases.

Key words: amyloidosis; dysphagia; macroglossia; multiple myeloma
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