Korean J Clin Pathol.
1998 Sep;18(3):310-314.
A Case of Multiple Myeloma with Biclonal (IgG-K and IgA-K) M-proteins
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- 1Department of Clinical Pathology, College of Medicine, Chonbuk National University, Chonju, Korea.
Abstract
- Two M-protein peaks in serum protein electrophoresis are rarely present in patients with plasma cell discrasia. We describe a 72-year-old male patient with multiple myeloma secreting biclonal M-proteins, which were confirmed by immunofixation. Immunoelectrophoresis has some difficulties to dectect M components when a very small amount of M-protein develops an equivocally abnormal precipitation arc. In this case, serum protein electrophoresis revealed two M peaks, one in beta and the other in gamma globulin region. An immunoelectrophoresis revealed unequivocally abnormal precipitation arcs in IgA and K light chain regions, but the arc in IgG region was equivocal. We performed an immunofixation and confirmed biclonal gammopathy, IgA-K and IgG-K types. This result supports the view that immunofixation is an useful confirmatory test when immunoelectrophoresis results are equivocal.
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