• In hematology, plasma cell dyscrasias (also termed plasma cell disorders and plasma cell proliferative diseases) are a spectrum of progressively more...
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    Plasma cells, also called plasma B cells or effector B cells, are white blood cells that originate in the lymphoid organs as B cells and secrete large...
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    called plasma cells. It is the terminal stage and most aggressive form of these dyscrasias, constituting 2% to 4% of all cases of plasma cell malignancies...
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  • dyscrasia. In modern medicine, the term is still occasionally used in medical context for an unspecified disorder of the blood, such as a plasma cell...
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    closely related to or a subtype of plasma cells. This cell type is found in pre-malignant and malignant plasma cell dyscrasias that are associated with the...
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  • lymphomas. It is commonly classified as a form of plasma cell dyscrasia, similar to other plasma cell dyscrasias that, for example, lead to multiple myeloma...
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    myeloma (MM), also known as plasma cell myeloma and simply myeloma, is a cancer of plasma cells, a type of white blood cell that normally produces antibodies...
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    deposition of amyloid proteins in the bone marrow without causing plasma cell dyscrasias is called amyloidoma. It is commonly found in cervical, lumbar,...
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    Plasmacytoma is a plasma cell dyscrasia in which a plasma cell tumour grows within soft tissue or within the axial skeleton. The International Myeloma...
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    small fibre sensory modalities. Plasma cell dyscrasias are a group of monoclonal gammopathies in which normal plasma cells in the bone marrow and soft tissues...
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    undetermined significance (MGUS) is a plasma cell dyscrasia in which plasma cells or other types of antibody-producing cells secrete a myeloma protein, i.e....
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  • immunoglobulins are produced by monoclonal plasma cells, which are found in a variety of plasma cell dyscrasias. The deposition of monoclonal immunoglobulins...
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  • step-wise progressive diseases termed plasma cell dyscrasias. In this spectrum of diseases, a clone of plasma cells secreting monoclonal paraprotein (also...
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    intermediate in a spectrum of step-wise progressive diseases termed plasma cell dyscrasias. Elevated paraprotein level (above 30 g/L) in conjunction with end...
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    and/or blood clotting. Other, less well understood, causes are plasma cell dyscrasias and autoimmune disorders in which a circulating abnormal immunoglobulin...
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  • aberrant cell which has undergone carcinogenesis reproduces itself into a cancerous mass. Monoclonal plasma cell (also called plasma cell dyscrasia): A single...
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    Pre-malignant plasma cell dyscrasias: Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance Smoldering multiple myeloma Malignant plasma cell dyscrasias Multiple...
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  • with plasma cell dyscrasias. Throughout his career Kyle has published more than 1,850 scientific papers and abstracts on myeloma and other plasma cell disorders...
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    F, Semenzato G (March 2020). "NK cells and CD38: Implication for (Immuno)Therapy in Plasma Cell Dyscrasias". Cells. 9 (3): 768. doi:10.3390/cells9030768...
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    proteins become structurally abnormal, and thereby disrupt the function of cells, tissues and organs of the body. Often the proteins fail to fold into their...
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    especially multiple myeloma. It is sometimes considered equivalent to plasma cell dyscrasia. The most common form of the disease is monoclonal gammopathy of...
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    half of people with light chain deposition disease also have a plasma cell dyscrasia, a spectrum of diseases that includes multiple myeloma, Waldenström's...
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    Barilà G, Sabrina Manni S (2020). "NK cells and CD38: Implication for (Immuno)Therapy in Plasma Cell Dyscrasias". Cells. 9 (3): 768. doi:10.3390/cells9030768...
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  • dysfunctional due to the presence of liver disease, autoimmune disease, a plasma cell dyscrasias, or certain cancers. It is associated primarily with pathological...
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    Dysfibrinogenemia Hematopoietic ulcer Hyperviscosity syndrome Paraproteinemia Plasma cell dyscrasias "Cryoglobulinemia" at Dorland's Medical Dictionary Retamozo S, Brito-Zerón...
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  • related disorders, including macroglobulinemia, amyloidosis, and plasma-cell dyscrasias. The journal is abstracted and indexed in Index Medicus/MEDLINE/PubMed...
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  • Merlini G, Pozzi C, Pozzi (2007). Mechanisms of renal damage in plasma cell dyscrasias: an overview. Contributions to Nephrology. Vol. 153. pp. 66–86....
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  • chain disease is a form of paraproteinemia and plasma cell dyscrasia that involves the proliferation of cells producing immunoglobulin heavy chains. This...
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    fulminant hepatic necrosis, agranulocytosis, aplastic anemia, and other blood dyscrasias. Allergic reactions to Sulfonamides have been shown to include the entire...
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  • Lymphoproliferative disorders such as B-cell lymphomas, T-cell lymphomas, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, and various plasma cell dyscrasias (e.g. multiple myeloma, Waldenström's...
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