Maxillary Swelling as the First Evidence of Multiple Myeloma

• Main Authors: Atsushi Kasamatsu (Author), Yasushi Kimura (Author), Hideki Tsujimura (Author), Harusachi Kanazawa (Author), Nao Koide (Author), Isao Miyamoto (Author), Yosuke Endo-Sakamoto (Author), Masashi Shiiba (Author), Hideki Tanzawa (Author), Katsuhiro Uzawa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Multiple myeloma is a malignant neoplasm of plasma cells characterized by proliferation of a single clone of abnormal immunoglobulin-secreting plasma cells. Since the amount of hemopoietic bone marrow is decreased in the maxilla, oral manifestations of multiple myeloma are less common in the maxilla...