IMMUNOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS Flashcards
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a benign or malignant condition that results from a single clone of lymphoid-plasma cells producing elevated levels of a single class of and type of immunoglobulin, referred to as a monoclonal protein, M protein, or paraprotein
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Monoclonal gammopathy
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It is the malignancy of mature plasma cells; excess plasma cells in the bone marrow, and lytic bone lesions
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Multiple myeloma
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Malignant proliferation of IgM-producing lymphocytes and corresponds to lymphoplasmacytoid lymphoma
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Waldenstrom’s macroglobulinemia
