IgE myeloma associated with plasma cell leukaemia.

نویسندگان

  • N C West
  • A M Smith
  • R Ward
چکیده

A patient presented with plasma cell leukaemia and was found to have an IgE secreting multiple myeloma. IgE myeloma is very rare with only 18 cases recorded. However, this case is the fifth recorded of IgE myeloma associated with plasma cell leukaemia. Since plasma cell leukaemia only occurs in 1.6% of all cases of myeloma, it seems certain that this is a significant association.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Postgraduate medical journal

دوره 59 698  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1983