Immunoproliferative
Disorders - 1
Most common causes:
UAbnormalities
in B lymphocytes
UPlasma cell
dyscrasias
Clinical findings:
Uabnormal or
excessive production of monoclonal antibodies
eseen in
malignancy (@monoclonal
gammopathy@)
Uexcessive
production of total immunoglobulins
eseen in
benign response to stimulus (@reactive
cell proliferation@)
Plasma cell dyscrasias:
UMultiple
myeloma
eclonal
proliferation of plasma cells
eM protein
or paraprotein produced
esingle
light chains or single heavy chains produced
