Clinical significance of serum triple monoclonal components : a report of 6 cases and a review of the literature

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A serum multiple monoclonal component (MC) is very rare. We here report 6 patients with 3 MCs. The triple MC was detected in all of them by immunofixation. 2/6 patients did not present hematological or oncological associated disease, while in the remaining 4, Waldenström macroglobulinaemia (2 cases), Polycythemia Vera and non-Hodgkin lymphoma were diagnosed. Of the 49 global patients reported in the literature (6+43), 64.6% had a lymphoproliferative disorder and only in 3 cases there was no associated disease. Therefore, the detection of such laboratory evidence should propel physicians to a deeper investigation.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2014

Erschienen:

2014

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:38

Enthalten in:

Leukemia research - 38(2014), 2 vom: 31. Feb., Seite 166-9

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Guastafierro, Salvatore [VerfasserIn]
Sica, Antonello [VerfasserIn]
Parascandola, Rita Rosaria [VerfasserIn]
Ferrara, Maria Giovanna [VerfasserIn]
Di Martino, Anna [VerfasserIn]
Pezone, Luciano [VerfasserIn]
Falcone, Umberto [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antibodies, Monoclonal
Cancer
Case Reports
Diagnosis
Immunofixation
Intracellular immunofluorescence
Journal Article
Lymphoproliferative disorders
Review
Serum electrophoresis
Triple monoclonal component

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Date Completed 17.03.2014

Date Revised 21.01.2014

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.leukres.2013.10.020

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NLM233447377