Presentation
Chronic body pain.
Patient Data
Age: 50 years
Gender: Male
From the case:
Multiple myeloma (skull)
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Several well circumscribed 'punched out' lytic lesions are seen in the lateral view of the skull.
Case Discussion
Features are in keeping with multiple myeloma.
The raindrop skull appearance of calvarial multiple myeloma is the presence of well defined lytic lesions (punched out lesions) of various sizes scattered throughout the skull.