Unusual disease characteristics of multiple myeloma in eastern North Carolina.

LEARNING POINTS Raised serum globulin concentration or total protein may be the first indication of a paraprotein, but a raised globulin level is more commonly due to polyclonally raised globulins in ...

A phase II study of Epothilone B analog BMS-247550 (NSC 710428) in patients with relapsed aggressive non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas No significant financial relationships to disclose. This is an ASCO Meeting ...

Waldenström macroglobulinemia, a condition that most commonly occurs in lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma, typically manifests with diffuse lymphadenopathies, cytopenias, and a markedly elevated erythrocyte ...

We recently described the TEMPI syndrome (Aug. 4, 2011), 1 which is characterized by the pentad of telangiectasias, elevated erythropoietin level and erythrocytosis, monoclonal gammopathy, perinephric ...

There are also some other conditions related to myeloma. For example, MGUS, plasmacytoma and amyloidosis. Some of these conditions can develop into myeloma. To understand about the different types of ...

The four men and two women presented between the ages of 35 and 56 years. In the three patients for whom we have longitudinal follow-up, the symptoms have been slowly and steadily progressive.