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Multiple Myeloma Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical Signs:
 • hyperCalcemia 28% (bone demineralization)
 • Renal disease 48%
Multiple Myeloma ... osteolytic lesions and pathologic ... marrow plasma cells ... Residency @CMC_IM #Multiple ... #Myeloma #Diagnosis
Acquired von Willebrand Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management
 • Autoantibodies to vWF: Lymphoproliferative disorders (e.g. lymphoma,
Willebrand Syndrome - Diagnosis ... e.g. lymphoma, multiple ... myeloma, Waldenstrom ... adsorption onto cancer cells ... Management #treatment #hematology
Indications for Serum Protein Electrophoresis (SPEP)
 • Suspected multiple myeloma, Waldenström's macroglobulinemia, primary amyloidosis, or related
• Suspected multiple ... myeloma, Waldenström's ... myeloma is suspected ... • Unexplained pathologic ... #Diagnosis
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 ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance (MGUS) - Summary Framework

Hematologic disorder characterized by the presence of either
progress to IgM multiple ... myeloma Non-IgM ... progression to multiple ... #Significance #hematology ... #diagnosis #oncology
Raindrop Skull- ...A skeletal survey showed diffuse osteopenia, a pubic bone fracture, and numerous radiolucent lesions
myeloma. ... The diagnosis was ... clonal plasma cells ... #NEJM #clinical ... #myeloma
Scleroderma Like Conditions - Differential Diagnosis
Eosinophilic Fasciitis:
 - Orange peel induration (peau d'orange) of proximal extremities
- Differential Diagnosis ... lymphocytes, plasma cells ... the setting of multiple ... myeloma or AL amyloidosis ... comparison #table #dermatology
Vancomycin induced Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis (LCV) of the Hand
70 M vertebral osteomyelitis on vancomycin and cefepime for
Diagnosis? ... syndrome, atrial myxoma ... Multiple etiologic ... Hand #skinrash #dermatology ... #clinical #photo
Solitary Cell Plasmacytoma

What?
• Plasma cell neoplasms can present as a single lesion (solitary plasmacytoma)
• In 3%
Diagnosis? ... patients with EMD myeloma ... IFE, FLC assay Pathology ... • Multiple myeloma ... #Workup #Hematology