Bone cancer Flashcards
1
Q
What are the main symptoms of myeloma?
A
CRAB hypercalcaemia renal failure aneamia bone main and fracture B symptoms
2
Q
What bone problems does myeloma cause?
A
dyregulation of bone marrow causes increased osteoclasts = pepper pot skull lytic lestions (esp skull and vertebra) pathological fractures hypercalcaemia
3
Q
What is myeloma?
A
increase in malignant plasma cells in bone marrow = interferes with production of other blood cells, increase in immunoglobulins w
