Artigo Revisado por pares

An Unusual Cause of Dyspnea: Myelomatous Involvement of Cricoid Cartilage

2008; SAGE Publishing; Volume: 21; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1177/197140090802100419

ISSN

2385-1996

Autores

Mustafa Öztürk, Ertuğrul Mavili, Süreyya Burcu Görkem, Sedat Çağlı, İhsan Yüce,

Tópico(s)

Musculoskeletal synovial abnormalities and treatments

Resumo

Extraosseous multiple myeloma involving the cricoid cartilage is exceedingly rare. CT is invaluable for detecting this lesion. Herein, we describe a patient with worsening dyspnea due to involvement of the cricoid cartilage with multiple myeloma. CT not only detected the lesion but also revealed additional classical lytic lesions of multiple myeloma. In patients with worsening dyspnea laryngeal involvement should be included in the differential diagnosis.

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