{"title":"Parotid gland swelling as an initial presentation of Multiple Myeloma: a case report.","authors":"Ankita Dewangan, Swati Singh, Jitendra Singh, Nilesh Kumar, Kailash Kumar","doi":"10.2174/1871529X22666220509203157","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Parotid swellings are commonly encountered in ENT Clinics, the cause of which could range from neural conditions, endocrine problems, vitamin deficiencies, and sialadenitis, which may even be a manifestation of an underlying systemic disease. Multiple myeloma represents a clonal proliferation of plasma cells and is a condition in which a parotid swelling might be present, although very uncommon.</p><p><strong>Case presentation: </strong>We report a case of 60-year-old female presented with unilateral parotid swelling, which led to a diagnosis of multiple myeloma based on the investigations.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Various imaging modalities are currently available to assess the extent of the swelling and evaluate the soft tissue and osseous involvement. The clinician must have a rigorous insight into the several clinical manifestations and the sites of involvement of the different conditions to make a proper diagnosis.</p>","PeriodicalId":93925,"journal":{"name":"Cardiovascular & hematological disorders drug targets","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2022-05-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Cardiovascular & hematological disorders drug targets","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.2174/1871529X22666220509203157","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Introduction: Parotid swellings are commonly encountered in ENT Clinics, the cause of which could range from neural conditions, endocrine problems, vitamin deficiencies, and sialadenitis, which may even be a manifestation of an underlying systemic disease. Multiple myeloma represents a clonal proliferation of plasma cells and is a condition in which a parotid swelling might be present, although very uncommon.
Case presentation: We report a case of 60-year-old female presented with unilateral parotid swelling, which led to a diagnosis of multiple myeloma based on the investigations.
Conclusion: Various imaging modalities are currently available to assess the extent of the swelling and evaluate the soft tissue and osseous involvement. The clinician must have a rigorous insight into the several clinical manifestations and the sites of involvement of the different conditions to make a proper diagnosis.
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