Multiple myeloma involving the cricoid cartilage
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Multiple myeloma involving the thyroid cartilage.
Extraosseous multiple myeloma involving the larynx is rare. We describe a patient with multiple myeloma and a plasmacytoma involving the thyroid cartilage. Ossification of the thyroid cartilage with formation of a marrow space could explain the occurrence of multiple myeloma in this unusual location.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1780-2393
DOI: 10.5334/jbr-btr.217