Solitary plasmacytoma.This is like multiple myeloma, but it causes a single unusual plasma cell growth rather than many of them. It can happen inside or outside a bone. It might also raise your risk of multiple myeloma. Light chain amyloidosis.This causes unusual plasma cells in your bone ma...
Multiple myeloma is a type of cancer, or more precisely, it is a cancer of plasma cells. These cells are a type of white blood cells, they can be found in the bone marrow and they are in charge of making antibodies that are necessary in fighting various infections. The reason why this...
Herein, we report a rare case, in which rectal cancer with multiple myeloma was initially misdiagnosed with bone metastases secondary to rectal cancer, due to the symptoms of multiple lytic sketetal lesions, and ignoring the abnormal plasma cells in the peripheral circulating blood smear. The ...
The meaning of MULTIPLE MYELOMA is a disease of bone marrow that is characterized by the presence of numerous myelomas in various bones of the body.
What Are the First Signs of Multiple Myeloma? Early in the disease, symptoms may be subtle. The symptoms of myeloma generally are nonspecific, meaning they may be caused by many different conditions unrelated to cancer. Any of the following warrant a visit to a health care professional: ...
People with multiple myeloma may try complementary and alternative treatments to ease their cancer symptoms or drug side effects, or to improve their quality of life. Complementary medicine includes herbs, supplements, exercise, massage, and mind-body th
Multiple myeloma is a plasma cell dyscrasia that frequently involves the bone marrow of the spine. These tumors are typically chemosensitive and radiation sensitive. Multiple myeloma promotes osteoclast activation and osteoblast inhibition, resulting in osteolysis of the vertebral bodies and subsequent co...
Multiple myeloma (MM) is an osteolytic malignancy that is incurable due to the emergence of treatment resistant disease. Defining how, when and where myeloma cell intrinsic and extrinsic bone microenvironmental mechanisms cause relapse is challenging with current biological approaches. Here, we report ...
THERE that the typical and characteristic lesion of bone in multiple myeloma is a discrete osteolytic involvement. The roentgenographic appearance is
Although you may think that you shouldn’t move around or do physical activities if you have weak or easily broken bones, evidence suggests otherwise. Being physically active can help you to be more fit and manage myeloma symptoms likefatigue, anxiety,depression, and bone loss. ...