Case Report

Rare case of solitary plasmacytoma of the skull in a young male patient

Swati Singh, Vaishali Upadhyaya, Rajat Agarwal, Ratni B. Gujral
South African Journal of Radiology | Vol 21, No 1 | a1133 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/sajr.v21i1.1133 | © 2017 Swati Singh, Vaishali Upadhyaya, Rajat Agarwal, Ratni B. Gujral | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 24 November 2016 | Published: 21 April 2017

About the author(s)

Swati Singh, Department of Radiodiagnosis, Vivekananda Polyclinic and Institute of Medical Sciences, India
Vaishali Upadhyaya, Department of Radiodiagnosis, Vivekananda Polyclinic and Institute of Medical Sciences, India
Rajat Agarwal, Department of Radiodiagnosis, Vivekananda Polyclinic and Institute of Medical Sciences, India
Ratni B. Gujral, Department of Radiodiagnosis, Vivekananda Polyclinic and Institute of Medical Sciences, India

Abstract

Solitary plasmacytoma of bone without signs of multiple myeloma is a rare entity. It usually presents as an osteolytic lesion in the axial skeleton of an elderly patient. Here, we report a case of solitary plasmacytoma in the skull of a young male patient which emphasises the need to consider it in the differential diagnosis of a destructive calvarial mass lesion even in this age group.

Keywords

Plasmacytoma; Skull; MRI

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