Staging of Multiple Myeloma

23 Sep 201523 Sep 2015

Cancer is a heterogenous disease in terms of survival. Cancer staging is a method to classify patients according to prognosis. More advanced stages are associated with a worse prognosis. Patients…

Multiple Myeloma – Plasma Cells

17 Sep 20131 Feb 2018

Normal plasma cells are 15-20 μm in diameter, have an eccentric nucleus and a pale blue cytoplasm. there is a perinuclear halo which corresponds to the Golgi apparatus. The cytoplasm…

Biclonal Gammopathy

13 Sep 2013

A 53 year old patient presented with backache. A skeletal survey was performed that showed punched out lesions in the skull. The bone marrow aspiration showed 21% plasma cells.  The…