Multiple Myeloma Presenting as Thyroid Plasmacytoma

Kaalindi Singh; Pankaj Kumar; Ritesh Pruthy; Gautam Goyal

doi:10.4103/ijmpo.ijmpo_43_16

Indian Journal of Medical and Paediatric Oncology, Table of Contents

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Med Paediatr Oncol 2017; 38(04): 552-554
DOI: 10.4103/ijmpo.ijmpo_43_16

Case Report

Multiple Myeloma Presenting as Thyroid Plasmacytoma

Authors

Kaalindi Singh

Department of Radiation Oncology, Max Super Speciality Hospital, Mohali, Punjab, India
Pankaj Kumar

Department of Radiation Oncology, Max Super Speciality Hospital, Mohali, Punjab, India
Ritesh Pruthy

Department of Surgical Oncology, Max Super Speciality Hospital, Mohali, Punjab, India
Gautam Goyal

Department of Medical Oncology, Max Super Speciality Hospital, Mohali, Punjab, India

Abstract

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Abstract

Thyroid gland and thyroid cartilage infiltration in multiple myeloma (MM) are rare. Here, we discuss a patient who presented with hoarseness of voice and was found to have a hypodense lesion in right lobe of thyroid involving thyroid and cricoid cartilage. Fine-needle aspiration cytology with immunohistochemistry revealed extramedullary plasmacytoma of thyroid. MM was ruled out initially by serum protein electrophoresis, immunofixation, and bone marrow biopsy. Later, lytic lesions were found in multiple bones on radiation planning scan and he was finally diagnosed as case of MM with thyroid involvement. Treatment strategies of MM and thyroid plasmacytoma are also discussed briefly.

Keywords

Extramedullary plasmacytoma - multiple myeloma - solitary bone plasmacytoma - thyroid gland

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