A rare IgM multiple myeloma with aberrant PAX5 expression mimicking lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma

Ann Hematol. 2014 Jul;93(7):1251-2. doi: 10.1007/s00277-013-1959-y. Epub 2013 Nov 16.

Authors

Z Xu¹, R Van Der Jagt, C Faught, M Beaulieu Bergeron

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Division of Hematopathology, The Ottawa Hospital, 451 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON, Canada, K1H 8M5, zxu@toh.on.ca.

PMID: 24240978
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-013-1959-y

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Diagnosis, Differential
Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic / immunology*
Humans
Immunoglobulin M / biosynthesis
Immunoglobulin M / genetics*
Male
Middle Aged
Multiple Myeloma / genetics*
Multiple Myeloma / immunology*
Multiple Myeloma / pathology
PAX5 Transcription Factor / genetics*
Plasma Cells / immunology
Plasma Cells / metabolism
Plasma Cells / pathology
Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / genetics*
Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / immunology
Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / pathology

Substances

Immunoglobulin M
PAX5 Transcription Factor
PAX5 protein, human