KROK 1 2012 – Question 41 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathophysiology
A 62 year old woman complains of frequent pain attacks in the area of her chest and backbone, rib fractures. Her doctor suspected myeloma (plasmocytoma). What of the following laboratory characteristics will be of the greatest diagnostic importance?
- A. Proteinuria
- B. Hyperalbuminemia
- C. Hypoproteinemia
- D. Paraproteinemia
- E. Hypoglobulinemia
Hint
Think about what is peculiar to a plasma cell tumour in the blood, as opposed to the changes that any chronic illness or kidney involvement could cause.
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