Symptomless Myelomatosis

Plasma Cell Myelomatosis

Protein analyses in myelomatosis.

The criteria for the admission of patients to the Medical Research Council's (MRC) myeloma trials are the finding of abnormal plasma cells in bone marrow films or sections and in addition either of characteristic skeletal lesions demonstrated radiologically or of characteristic protein changes in the serum or urine. Ninety per cent of the patients in the first myeloma trial satisfied all three ...

Thromboembolic complications in myelomatosis.

claims for sick benefit reached a weekly figure of approximately 450% above the seasonal average. Strains of the Hong Kong variant of influenza virus A2 were isolated in the area. Returns from councils of absence owing to illness, believed to be influenza, during December and January were as follows. Unvaccinated 164 Off sick 41 Vaccinated once only 27 Off sick 7 Vaccinated twice 85 Off sick ni...

May 1948 STEVENSON - : Multiple Myelomatosis

Bear this disease in mind when treating pains of the limbs of an obscure and intractable character.' This was said by Thos. Blizard Curling, F.R.S., Surgeon to the London Hospital, to William Macintyre i00 years ago. The quotation is from the paper in which Macintyre published at his leisure in i850 the clinical history of a case which had been noted to have ' urine of high density containing m...

Multiple myelomatosis with proptosis.

MULTIPLE myelomata are uncommon endosteal tumours developing from the myeloblastic elements of the bone marrow. The ribs, sternum, clavicle, vertebral bodies, and pelvis are favourite sites; the skull is also frequently involved and the long bones may be affected, but never alone (Perkins, 1936). The disease has an insidious onset and is often only recognized late when multiple nodules appear o...