국소 방사선 치료에 완전 관해된 구개편도에 발생한 골수외 형질세포종

A Case of Extramedullary Plasmacytoma in Palatine Tonsil Achieved Complete Remission by Radiotherapy

골수외 형질세포종은 드문 종양으로 두경부에 주로 발생하며 수술 혹은 방사선의 국소 치료로 완치가 가능한 종양이다. 저자들은 구개편도에 발생 후 국소 방사선 치료로 완전 관해된 골수외 형질세포종 1예를 경험하였기에 보고하는 바이다.

Extramedullary plasmacytoma(EMP) is a rare tumor that originates as a clone of malignant transformed plasma cells. EMPs make up 4% of all plasma cell tumors and 90% of EMP cases occur in the head and neck area. The diagnosis of EMP is based on the morphologic and immunophenotypical finding of a localized collection of monoclonal plasma cells in the absence of plasma cell proliferation elsewhere. Patients with EMP can be treated by surgery or radiotherapy alone or in combination. EMP has good prognosis but long-term follow-up is critical because local recurrence or systemic progression to multiple myeloma may develop more than 30 years after the initial diagnosis of EMP. We report a case of EMP in palatine tonsil of 21-year old man who was treated successfully by radiotherapy alone.