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SOLITARY PLASMA-CELL MYELOMA OF THE SPINE IN AN ADOLESCENT

CASE REPORT OF AN UNUSUAL PRESENTATION

N. Boos, MD, Spine Fellow, Orthopaedic Surgeon; M. Goytan, MD, FRCS C, Spine Fellow, Orthopaedic Surgeon; R. Fraser, MD, FRCP, Associate Professor, Pathologist; and M. Aebi, MD, FRCS C, Professor and Chairman

Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Royal Victoria Hospital, McGill University, 687 Pine Avenue West, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 1A1.

Correspondence should be sent to Dr N. Boos at the Orthopaedic University Hospital Zürich, Balgrist, Forchstrasse 340, 8008 Zürich, Switzerland.

We report an unusual presentation of a solitary plasma-cell myeloma of the spine in an adolescent patient. Our case indicates the need to consider plasma-cell myeloma as a differential diagnosis even in younger patients.






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