J Korean Neurosurg Soc.  2021 Mar;64(2):316-316. 10.3340/jkns.2015.0105.001.

Solitary Plasmacytoma of the Frontal Bone

• Peker BC
• Ataızı ZS
• Ozbek Z

• KMID: 2513863
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3340/jkns.2015.0105.001

Abstract

Extramedullary plasmacytoma and solitary plasmacytoma are localized neoplasms. Solitary plasmacytoma of bone consists about 4% of malignant plasma cell tumors. A plasmacytoma involving the frontal bone is unusual, and a limited number of cases have been reported. We present a rare case of a solitary plasmacytoma of the frontal bone manifesting as a forehead lump.

Keyword

Extramedullary; Plasmacytoma; Frontal bone

Figure

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  Fig. 1. Magnetic resonance imaging of the head showing an extra-axial mass.

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  Fig. 2. The tumor is composed of a mass of monomorphous plasma cells with the characteristic round-oval shape, eccentric nuclei, and abundant eosinophilic to amphophilic cytoplasm (hematoxylin and eosin stain, orginal magnification ×100).

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