Cricoid-based extramedullary plasmocytoma

J Craniofac Surg. 2011 Nov;22(6):2361-3. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e318231e56d.

Abstract

Extramedullary plasmocytomas are solitary, vascular, soft tissue plasma cell tumors without evidence of multiple myeloma (MM) that represent approximately 1% of head and neck malignancies. Approximately one third of them disseminate to MM within 2 years from presentation. Extramedullary plasmocytomas have been reported to involve larynx in 6% to 18% of cases, most commonly affecting the epiglottis and the ventricle, followed in order by the true vocal cord, false vocal cord, aryepiglottic fold, arytenoids, and subglottis. In this report, we describe a case of plasmocytoma involving the cricoid, the left cricoaritenoid joint, and the homolateral vocal process that developed MM 1 year after primary treatment.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Biopsy
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Humans
  • Laryngeal Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Laryngeal Neoplasms / pathology
  • Laryngeal Neoplasms / therapy*
  • Laryngoscopy
  • Male
  • Plasmacytoma / diagnosis*
  • Plasmacytoma / pathology
  • Plasmacytoma / therapy*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed