Diagnosing Multiple Myeloma and Related Disorders

Vet Clin North Am Small Anim Pract. 2022 Oct 18:S0195-5616(22)00096-1. doi: 10.1016/j.cvsm.2022.07.009. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThis review provides current information on myeloma-related disorders, a group of plasma cell or immunoglobulin (Ig) secreting neoplasms including multiple myeloma, extramedullary plasmacytoma (both cutaneous and noncutaneous variants), solitary osseous plasmacytoma, Waldenström macroglobulinemia/lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma, Ig-secretory B-cell lymphoma, plasma cell leukemia, and monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance. The diagnostic procedures commonly used to characterize myeloma-related disorders, including cytopathology, histopathology, polymerase chain reaction for antigen receptor rearrangement, flow cytometry, and electrophoretic techniques are outlined and discussed.PMID:36270842 | DOI:10.1016/j.cvsm.2022.07.009

Source: Clinical Lymphoma and Myeloma - October 21, 2022 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: A Russell Moore Source Type: research