Myeloma

Cancer that arise in the plasma cells a type of white blood cells.


A tumor cell line derived from a lymphocyte. It usually produces a single type of immunoglobulin.


A malignant tumour in bone marrow, at the ends of long bones or in the jaw.


Bone-destroying malignant neoplasm of bone marrow tissue that occurs most often in the vertebrae, ribs, pelvis, and skull bones; symptoms include spontaneous bone fractures and bone pain. It may develop in several areas simultaneously (multiple myeloma). Treatment of local lesions is by radiotherapy.


A tumor originating in cells of the hematopoietic portion of bone marrow.


A myeloma, which is a neoplasm of plasma cells originating in the bone marrow, typically exhibits a tendency to metastasize to multiple skeletal sites.


 


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