Open AccessCoexistence of chronic lymphocytic leukemia and multiple myeloma, do the roots of these entities originate from the same place?
Author(s) -
Merdin Alparslan,
Yıldız Jale,
Dal Mehmet Sinan,
Kızıl Çakar Merih,
Kaya Ali Hakan,
Tekgündüz Emre,
Altuntaş Fevzi
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.951
Subject(s) - chronic lymphocytic leukemia , medicine , multiple myeloma , lymphocytosis , plasma cell leukemia , bone marrow , pathology , plasma cell , biopsy , plasma cell myeloma , monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance , leukemia , monoclonal , immunology , antibody , monoclonal antibody
Key Clinical Message Multiple myeloma is a plasma cell disease, whereas CLL (Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia) affects mature B‐cell lymphocytes. Even though the coexistence of those two conditions is extremely rare, as both cell types differentiate from the same multipotent stem cells, the clinician should evaluate patients carefully not to misdiagnose such a concomitancy.