Multiple myeloma presenting as an asymptomatic forehead mass resembling solitary plasmacytoma.

Wien Klin Wochenschr

Department of Pathology, Hospital Comarcal de Inca, Servicio de Anatomía Patológica, Mallorca, Spain.

Published: January 2011

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