Nayak Anjali, Nayak Meghanand T
Senior Lecturer, Department of Oral Medicine & Radiology, Teerthanker Mahaveer Dental College & Hospital, Teerthanker Mahaveer University, Bagadpur, Delhi Road, Moradabad - 244001, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Professor & Head, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology, Teerthanker Mahaveer Dental College & Hospital, Teerthanker Mahaveer University, Bagadpur, Delhi Road, Moradabad - 244001, Uttar Pradesh, India.
J Exp Ther Oncol. 2016 Jul;11(3):199-206.
Multiple myeloma (MM) is a dyscrasia caused by neoplastic proliferation of somatically mutated plasma cells. Myeloma cells divide and expand within the bone marrow affecting multiple locations in the body where bone marrow is present. Oral manifestations, though common are usually not diagnosed. This report describes rare oral manifestations of multiple myeloma like oral petechiae and gingival swelling presented in a 40-year-old male patient. The diagnosis was established by blood examination & skeletal survey, while oral findings were later correlated with the diagnosis of MM. A brief review on MM is presented along with the demonstration of rare oral manifestations.