gammopathy


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Noun1.gammopathy - a disturbance in the synthesis of immunoglobulins; proteins having antibody activity increase greatly in the blood
pathology - any deviation from a healthy or normal condition
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gam·mop·a·thy

n. gammopatía, trastorno manifestado por un exceso de inmunoglobulinas como resultado de una proliferación anormal de células linfoides.
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gammopathy

n gammapatía; monoclonal — of undetermined significance gammapatía monoclonal de significado incierto
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AMGUS stands for monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance, and it means that your husband's blood sample contained an abnormal protein (monocolonal or M-protein).
MGUS worries
TUESDAY, July 23, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Individuals with low- or intermediate-risk monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) can experience progression to multiple myeloma within five years, according to a study published online July 18 in JAMA Oncology.
MGUS Can Progress to Multiple Myeloma Within Five Years; Risk factors associated with progression include IgA isotype, 15 g/L or more monoclonal spike
Monoclonal gammopathy (MG) is a result of a clonal proliferation of lymphocytes or plasma cells that involves three main components: skin, kidneys, and peripheral nervous system (nerves).
Henoch-Schonlein purpura nephritis associated with monoclonal gammopathy of renal significance: a case report
Systemic involvement and monoclonal gammopathy are characteristically absent.
Scleromyxedema
Engel (1) first described the disease in 1966, and an association with monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) was noted in 1975 (2).
Sporadic late onset nemaline myopathy (SLONM) in an adult presenting with progressive muscle weakness
Patients with monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (based on Bone marrow biopsy <10% plasma cells), plasma cell leukemia and smoldering myeloma/relapsed myeloma were excluded.
Disease staging according to international scoring system in newly diagnosed patients with multiple myeloma
Free light chain (FLC) examination showed monoclonal gammopathy with free e levels of 362.5 mg/L, and an involved: uninvolved FLC ratio of 24.17.
Smoldering Multiple Myeloma Arising in Ulcerative Colitis
The department of hematology was consulted for research on monoclonal gammopathy. The patient's protein electrophoresis and bone marrow biopsy were normal.
Cutaneous Mucinosis Case with Characteristic Lion Face Appearance
A study published in JAMA Oncology reports that New York City firefighters exposed to the 9/11 World Trade Center disaster site face an increased risk for developing MGUS (monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance), which can lead to the blood cancer multiple myeloma.
Oncology
NEW ORLEANS--Everyone aged 40 years and older on the island nation of Iceland is being screened for monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance, smoldering myeloma, and full-blown multiple myeloma in an unprecedented project to identify the malignancy's genetic roots, Joseph Mikhael, MD, said at the annual meeting of the American College of Physicians.
Key to MGUS and myeloma may lie in Iceland
The commonly known disease state of monoclonal gammopathy of unknown significance (MGUS) differs from MGRS in that the latter contains objective evidence of renal involvement, indicating end-organ damage.
Proliferative glomerulonephritis with monoclonal immunoglobulin deposits of lambda chains
(1) They range from asymptomatic, benign disorders (such as monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance) to malignant plasma cell and lymphoid disorders, including multiple myeloma and Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia.
Screening and Diagnosis of Monoclonal Gammopathies: An International Survey of Laboratory Practice

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