Journal of Oral Oncology / 2014 / Article / Tab 3 / Clinical Study
Head and Neck Solitary Extramedullary Plasmacytoma Table 3 Comparison of the results of patients with extramedullary solitary plasmacytoma of the head and neck in Aliexiou’s et al.’s literature review [
31 ] with the present study [
6 ,
9 ,
14 –
22 ,
27 ,
28 ,
30 ,
31 ].
Variables Alexiou’s LR (before 1998) [31 ] Present LR (1998–2012)a Present study Overall Patients’ number 714 345 13 1072 Primary sites Sinonasal tract 313 (44%) 163 (47%) 9 (69%) 485 (45%) Nasopharynx 131 (18%) 51 (15%) 1 (8%) 183 (17%) Oral cavity 22 (3%) 35 (10%) 0 (0.0%) 57 (6%) Oropharynx 103 (15%) 26 (7.5%) 0 (0.0%) 129 (12%) Larynx 79 (11%) 26 (7.5%) 0 (0.0%) 105 (10%) Hypopharynx 4 (0.5%) 2 (0.5%) 0 (0.0%) 6 (0.5%) Salivary glands 29 (4%) 4 (1%) 0 (0.0%) 33 (3%) Cervical L.N. 12 (1.5%) 13 (4%) 2 (15%) 27 (2.5%) Orbit 0 (0.0%) 13 (4%) 0 (0.0%) 13 (2%) Miscellaneous 16 (2%) 12 (3.5%) 1 (8%) 29 (3%) Local control rate 78% 87% 89% 81% Progression to MM rate 16.1% 21% 15% 17.7% 5-year OS 73.3% 72.5% 74.1% 73% 10-year OS 68.5% 69% 74.1% 69%
LR: literature review; L.N.: lymph node; MM: multiple myeloma; OS: overall survival.
a [6 , 9 , 14 –22 , 27 , 28 , 30 , 31 ].