Clinical Study
Head and Neck Solitary Extramedullary Plasmacytoma
Table 1
Patient and tumor characteristics and treatment outcome of 13 patients with solitary EMP of the head and neck.
| Case | Age (yr)/sex | Tumor location | Tumor size (cm) | Symptom | Follow-up (month) | Treatment | Dose of RT (Gy) |
| 1 | 21/F | Nasal cavity | 3.5 | Nasal obstruction | 36 | GTR + RT | 49 | 2 | 73/M | Nasal cavity | 3 | Nasal obstruction | 40 | GTR + RT | 50 | 3 | 29/F | Nasal cavity | 4 | Nasal obstruction | 39 | GTR + RT | 50 | 4 | 78/M | Nasal cavity | 3 | Nasal bleeding | 14 | GTR + RT | 50 | 5 | 42/M | Nasal cavity | 5.5 | Nasal obstruction | 151 | RT alone | 49 | 6 | 52/M | Nasal cavity | 7 | Nasal obstruction | 15 | GTR + RT | 50 | 7 | 60/F | Nasopharynx | 4 | Nasal obstruction | 32 | RTR | 40 | 8 | 63/M | Maxillary sinus | 4.5 | Pain | 33 | RT alone | 50 | 9 | 36/M | Maxillary sinus | 5 | Pain | 26 | RTR + RT | 48 | 10 | 21/M | Maxillary sinus | 3.5 | Nasal bleeding | 6 | GTR + RT | 50 | 11 | 70/M | Neck soft tissue | 6 | Pain | 28 | RT alone | 40 | 12 | 45/M | Neck L.N. | 5 | Neck mass | 28 | GTR + RT | 45 | 13 | 73/M | Neck L.N. | 4 | Neck mass | 16 | GTR + RT | 38 |
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GTR: gross tumor resection, RTR: radical tumor resection, and RT: radiotherapy.
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