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| Year : 1995 | Volume
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| Issue : 3 | Page : 239-43 |
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Paraproteins and plasma cell dyscrasias.
T Karmakar, U Datta, S Varma, C K Banerjee, S Sharma, S Sehgal
Department of Pathology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh
Correspondence Address:
T Karmakar
Department of Pathology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh
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PMID: 8819653 
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Serum protein electrophoresis done on 1100 patients with various diseases in one year demonstrated M-band in 31 patients. Most (87%) had the classical features of plasma cell dyscrasia (PCD), however a few had unusual presentations which are highlighted. A 22-year-old male operated for a massive tumour of the scapula clinically diagnosed as chondrosarcoma revealed plasmacytoma with amyloid on histology. Another case of kala-azar presented with features akin to that of PCD and one case had dual malignancies. Such a high incidence of PCDs with varied picture in a short time is not usually seen in other parts of this country; a fact which may be due to lack of awareness. |
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