Petit J C, Ripamonti U
Department of Oral Medicine and Periodontology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Durban-Westville, Dormerton, South Africa.
J Periodontol. 1990 Feb;61(2):132-7. doi: 10.1902/jop.1990.61.2.132.
Multiple periodontal lesions were the presenting features leading to a diagnosis of multiple myeloma in a 38-year-old male. Ulceration and bleeding from a rapidly growing retromolar myelomatous mass, multiple foci of alveolar bone destruction and cortical expansion together with multifocal skeletal destruction were the hallmarks of the neoplastic process. Radiotherapy and chemotherapy brought a substantial, but temporary, remission with improvement of the periodontal condition. A sudden exacerbation of the died 22 months after the diagnosis was made.
