Multiple myeloma in cats: variable presentation with different immunoglobulin isotypes in two cats

Vet Pathol. 2000 Jul;37(4):364-9. doi: 10.1354/vp.37-4-364.

Abstract

Multiple myeloma was diagnosed in two cats with monoclonal hyperglobulinemia, proteinuria, and plasma cell proliferations in bone marrow. An immunoglobulin G-producing myeloma occurred in the vertebral bone marrow of one cat, and twice responded to surgical reduction followed by a combination of local irradiation and chemotherapy. The cat's survival time was approximately 2 years. The other myeloma in a cat that presented with hypercalcemia and renal insufficiency involved visceral organs and produced a biclonal peak due to immunoglobulin A dimer formation on serum electrophoresis. This cat's tumor did not respond to chemotherapy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Biopsy, Needle / veterinary
  • Cat Diseases / immunology
  • Cat Diseases / pathology*
  • Cats
  • Densitometry / veterinary
  • Electrophoresis, Cellulose Acetate / veterinary
  • Euthanasia / veterinary
  • Female
  • Immunoglobulin Isotypes / analysis*
  • Lymphoma, B-Cell / pathology
  • Lymphoma, B-Cell / veterinary
  • Male
  • Multiple Myeloma / immunology
  • Multiple Myeloma / pathology
  • Multiple Myeloma / veterinary*

Substances

  • Immunoglobulin Isotypes