Pathological Fracture in Odontoid Process in Multiple Myeloma

Pathological Fracture in Odontoid Process in Multiple Myeloma

©Copyright 2017 by Turkish Society of Hematology Turkish Journal of Hematology, Published by Galenos Publishing House A 72-year-old male was hospitalized with suspicion of multiple myeloma (MM) due to anemia (hemoglobin: 9.7 g/dL), renal failure (glomerular filtration rate: 8 mL/min), hypercalcemia (calcium: 11.3 mg/dL), and lytic bone lesions. He was diagnosed with MM because of increase in mo...

Healing of pathological fracture in a case of multiple myeloma.

To cite: Vaishya R, Vijay V, Agarwal AK. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2016218672 DESCRIPTION A man aged 41 years presented to us with a lytic lesion in the proximal humerus and developed a pathological fracture which was managed with nailing (figure 1). He was eventually diagnosed with multiple myeloma. This patient underwent autologous bone mar...

Odontoid process pathologic fracture in spinal tuberculosis.

Craniovertebral junction tuberculosis is a rare lesion in which treatment remains controversial. Options range from conservative treatment to surgery, independently of any associated neurological threat. We here report the first case of pathologic odontoid fracture in a context of spinal tuberculosis, complicated by unusual neurological evolution. The patient presented with non-contiguous multi...

Odontoid Fracture: Computed Tomography

Multiple myeloma: a clinical and pathological profile.

UNLABELLED Multiple myeloma is a plasma cell neoplasm with a spectrum spanning from localized to disseminated forms, plasma cell infiltration of various organs, plasma cell leukemia and abnormal immunoglobulin chain deposition in the tissues. In the bone marrow, myeloma cells are seen, and vary from mature forms to immature pleomorphic, anaplastic cells. M component is found in the serum or uri...