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case_images: Intraoral photograph showing diffuse edema and bluish discoloration of gingivo-alveolar mucosa over the left body region of the mandible
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case_images: F1
case_images: The swelling was firm and nonfluctuant, with a slight, deep bluish discoloration of the overlying mucosa[Figure 1].
case_images: Orthopantomogram showing well-defined 3x3-cm periapical radiolucency involving the roots 35, 36, and 37. Of them, 35 appeared to be endodontically treated and with a replaced crown
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case_images: F2
case_images: Of them, 35 appeared to be endodontically treated and with a replaced crown [Figure 2].
case_images: CT scan showing buccal cortical expansion, along with loss of trabeculae and slight perforation of the lingual cortical plate
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case_images: F3
case_images: Computed tomography (CT) scan showed buccal cortical expansion along with loss of trabeculae and slight perforation of the lingual cortical plate [Figure 3].
case_images: Intraoperative photograph showing the defect after removal of lesion
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case_images: F4
case_images: The lesion was completely excised, and extraction of 35, 36, and 37 was done [Figure 4].
case_images: Photomicrograph revealing sheets of mature plasma cells along with immature and nucleolated cells permeating the bone, suggestive of plasmacytoma/myeloma
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case_images: F5
case_images: The histopathological study showed sheets of mature plasma cells along with immature and nucleolated cells permeating the bone, suggestive of plasmacytoma/myeloma, which surprised us [Figure 5].