Clonal Plasma Cell Disorder… 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…
Bone Marrow Examination… 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…
Clonal Plasma Cell Disorder… 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…