Mario Sparagana, Myron E. Rubnitz
Abstract
Rarely does a patient with multiple myeloma, diagnosed by bone marrow biopsy and serum electrophoresis, survive for 11 years. In this case the long survival period cast doubt on the original diagnosis and led to debate concerning the genesis of plasma cell dyscrasias and monoclonal gammopathies.
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Rarely does a patient with multiple myeloma, diagnosed by bone marrow biopsy and serum electrophoresis, survive for 11 years. In this case the long survival period cast doubt on the original diagnosis and led to debate concerning the genesis of plasma cell dyscrasias and monoclonal gammopathies.
Key concepts: Dyscrasia, Medicine, Plasma cell dyscrasia, Multiple myeloma, Plasma cell, Paraproteinemias, Bone marrow, Monoclonal