HYPERCALCEMIA, MONOCLONAL PROTEIN, AND OSTEOLYTIC BONE-LESIONS IN CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC-LEUKEMIA

Authors
VANDECASTEELE M VERHOEF GEG DEMUYNCK H ZACHEE P BOOGAERTS MA
Citation
M. Vandecasteele et al., HYPERCALCEMIA, MONOCLONAL PROTEIN, AND OSTEOLYTIC BONE-LESIONS IN CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC-LEUKEMIA, Annals of hematology, 69(2), 1994, pp. 79-80
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Hematology
Journal title
Annals of hematology → ACNP
ISSN journal
09395555
Volume
69
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
79 - 80
Database
ISI
SICI code
0939-5555(1994)69:2<79:HMPAOB>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
We describe a patient with a long history of typical chronic lymphocyt ic leukemia (CLL) who developed hypercalcemia, osteolytic bone lesions , and a monoclonal protein, all features of a secretory plasma cell di sorder. These features in CLL have been reported in only four previous cases. The hypercalcemia in our patient is felt to result from an inc rease in the osteoclastic process.