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Optic nerve head plasmacytoma as a manifestation of multiple myeloma - PubMed

Optic nerve head plasmacytoma as a manifestation of multiple myeloma - PubMed

Source : https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33767963/

Extramedullary disease in multiple myeloma is uncommon and associated with a poorer prognosis. Extramedullary disease involving the orbit is even more unusual, with optic nerve involvement being rare. We describe an optic nerve head plasmacytoma in a 45-year-old female in the setting of systemic rel ...

  • April 10, 2021
    The head and neck region seems to be a common site of extramedullary myeloma /plasmacytoma involvement for reasons that I’m not sure are well understood