[Involvement of the larynx during the course of plasmocytoma]

A case is reported of 63 year old male with disseminated multiple myeloma treated for more than 2.5 year with chemotherapy and radiotherapy. After partial remission lasting for 8 months secondary myeloma infiltration closing nearly the whole hypoglottical part of the larynx and upper part of the trachea developed. Surgical excision of the infiltration was technically impossible to perform. An intensive cytostatic treatment was ineffective but radiotherapy seemed to give some results. Patient suddenly died during morning toilet.