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Causes of Anemia with elevated Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Normal Blood Smear
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Formation • Multiple ... Myeloma Dysplastic ... Macrocytosis, Target Cells ... #Macrocytosis #elevatedMCV
Multiple Myeloma Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical Signs:
 • hyperCalcemia 28% (bone demineralization)
 • Renal disease 48%
Multiple Myeloma ... hypercalcemia) • Anemia ... osteolytic lesions and pathologic ... marrow plasma cells ... #Myeloma #Diagnosis
Solitary Cell Plasmacytoma

What?
• Plasma cell neoplasms can present as a single lesion (solitary plasmacytoma)
• In 3%
Diagnosis? ... • No CRAB - no anemia ... patients with EMD myeloma ... IFE, FLC assay Pathology ... • Multiple myeloma