Case Report

Concomitant Factors Leading to an Atypical Osteonecrosis of the Jaw in a Patient with Multiple Myeloma

Table 1

International Staging System (ISS) for multiple myeloma.

StageCriteria

ISerum β 2 microglobulin < 3.5 mg/L and serum albumin ≥ 3.5 g/dL

IISerum β 2 microglobulin < 3.5 mg/L but serum albumin < 3.5 g/dL or serum β 2 microglobulin 3.5 to < 5.5 mg/L irrespective of the serum albumin level

IIISerum β 2 microglobulin ≥ 5.5 mg/L