Urine immunofixation electrophoresis and serum free light chain analyses benefit diagnosis of multiple myeloma in orthopedic patients with normal serum total proteins, creatinine, calcium, and hemoglobin
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BACKGROUND: A substantial number of patients with multiple myeloma (MM) who have bone destruction are initially admitted into the orthopedic service at the hospital. However, routine laboratory testing usually fails to identify these patients, thus delaying optimal therapy. Therefore, there is a clear medical need for early diagnosis of MM in these patients.
METHODS: Between 2019 and 2021, 42 patients receiving treatment for orthopedic conditions had normal hemoglobin (Hb), total protein (TP), albumin (ALB), creatinine (CREA), and blood calcium (Ca) levels before their surgical procedure(s) but were subsequently pathologically confirmed to have MM, based on their presenting orthopedic symptoms. During the same period, 52 patients with orthopedic conditions were pathologically excluded from the diagnosis of MM and were recruited into our control group. Serum free light chain (sFLC) testing was performed in 94 consecutive patients in the orthopedic service using Siemens N Latex FLC kits. The levels of Hb, TP, ALB, CREA, and Ca were also measured. All 42 patients with MM were divided into group A (n = 25: κ proliferation) and group B (n = 17: λ proliferation) by the pathology department.
RESULTS: There were no significant differences in levels of Hb, TP, ALB, CREA, and Ca between group A and group B and the control group. However, the sFLC κ/λ ratio of group A and B was also significantly different from that of the control group (P < .001). The results of serum immunofixation electrophoresis (IFE) testing demonstrated negative results in 14 cases (58.3%) in group A and 4 cases (25.0%) in group B.
CONCLUSIONS: Some patients with orthopedic conditions who do not have typical MM laboratory results, such as those with abnormal Hb, TP, ALB, CREA, and Ca levels before their operation(s), actually have MM. MM should be highly suspected in patients with unexplained bone lesions and with an abnormal sFLC κ/λ ratio. Further tissue or bone marrow biopsy is needed in these patients even if serum and urine IFE results are negative and light chain ratio is normal.
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| 520 | |a BACKGROUND: A substantial number of patients with multiple myeloma (MM) who have bone destruction are initially admitted into the orthopedic service at the hospital. However, routine laboratory testing usually fails to identify these patients, thus delaying optimal therapy. Therefore, there is a clear medical need for early diagnosis of MM in these patients | ||
| 520 | |a METHODS: Between 2019 and 2021, 42 patients receiving treatment for orthopedic conditions had normal hemoglobin (Hb), total protein (TP), albumin (ALB), creatinine (CREA), and blood calcium (Ca) levels before their surgical procedure(s) but were subsequently pathologically confirmed to have MM, based on their presenting orthopedic symptoms. During the same period, 52 patients with orthopedic conditions were pathologically excluded from the diagnosis of MM and were recruited into our control group. Serum free light chain (sFLC) testing was performed in 94 consecutive patients in the orthopedic service using Siemens N Latex FLC kits. The levels of Hb, TP, ALB, CREA, and Ca were also measured. All 42 patients with MM were divided into group A (n = 25: κ proliferation) and group B (n = 17: λ proliferation) by the pathology department | ||
| 520 | |a RESULTS: There were no significant differences in levels of Hb, TP, ALB, CREA, and Ca between group A and group B and the control group. However, the sFLC κ/λ ratio of group A and B was also significantly different from that of the control group (P < .001). The results of serum immunofixation electrophoresis (IFE) testing demonstrated negative results in 14 cases (58.3%) in group A and 4 cases (25.0%) in group B | ||
| 520 | |a CONCLUSIONS: Some patients with orthopedic conditions who do not have typical MM laboratory results, such as those with abnormal Hb, TP, ALB, CREA, and Ca levels before their operation(s), actually have MM. MM should be highly suspected in patients with unexplained bone lesions and with an abnormal sFLC κ/λ ratio. Further tissue or bone marrow biopsy is needed in these patients even if serum and urine IFE results are negative and light chain ratio is normal | ||
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