Open AccessPancytopenia in Multiple Myeloma- An Enigma: Our Experience from Tertiary Care Hospital
Author(s) -
Sridevi Hanaganahalli Basavaiah,
Sharada Rai,
Pooja K Suresh,
M. S. Somesh,
Jessica Minal
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2015/12788.6718
Subject(s) - pancytopenia , medicine , multiple myeloma , bone marrow , plasma cell neoplasm , biopsy , plasma cell myeloma , bone marrow examination , serum protein electrophoresis , plasma cell , gastroenterology , surgery , pathology , plasmacytoma , immunology , antibody , monoclonal , monoclonal antibody
Multiple myeloma is a plasma cell neoplasm that is characterized by clonal proliferation of malignant plasma cell in the bone marrow along with M-protein in the serum and/or urine. Pancytopenia as a initial presentation of multiple myeloma is quite unusual. We are presenting a case series having pancytopenia as the presenting complaint.