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Overview
Natural History
Complications
- Fractures specially in lumbar vertebrae[1][2][3][4]
- Thromboembolic phenomena[5]
- Hypercoaguable state
Prognosis
- MGUS may be considered a pre-malignant condition, given the possibility of transformation into multiple myeloma. However, because the condition tends to occur in the elderly, and because the rate of progression is slow, only a small proportion of people with MGUS go on to develop ahaematological malignancy. In patients with MGUS, although the actuarial risk of myeloma at 25 years of follow-up is 30%, the actual risk (when competing causes of death are taken into account) is only 11%.[6]
- The annual risk of progressing to multiple myeloma is around 1–2% a year. Kyle et al studied the prevalence of myeloma in a population-wide cohort in Olmsted County, Minnesota. They found that the prevalence of MGUS was 3.2% in people above 50, with a slight male predominance (4.0% vs. 2.7%). Prevalence increased with age: of people over 70 up to 5.3% had MGUS, while in the over-85 age group the prevalence was 7.5%. In the majority of cases (63.5%), the paraprotein level was <1 g/dl, while only a very small group had levels over 2 g/dl.[7]
- In addition to multiple myeloma, MGUS may also progress to Waldenström's macroglobulinemia, primary amyloidosis, B-cell lymphoma, orchronic lymphocytic leukemia. '
References
- ↑ Pepe J, Petrucci MT, Nofroni I, Fassino V, Diacinti D, Romagnoli E, Minisola S (September 2006). "Lumbar bone mineral density as the major factor determining increased prevalence of vertebral fractures in monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance". Br. J. Haematol. 134 (5): 485–90. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2141.2006.06217.x. PMID 16848794.
- ↑ Melton LJ, Rajkumar SV, Khosla S, Achenbach SJ, Oberg AL, Kyle RA (January 2004). "Fracture risk in monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance". J. Bone Miner. Res. 19 (1): 25–30. doi:10.1359/JBMR.0301212. PMID 14753733.
- ↑ Gregersen H, Jensen P, Gislum M, Jørgensen B, Sørensen HT, Nørgaard M (October 2006). "Fracture risk in patients with monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance". Br. J. Haematol. 135 (1): 62–7. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2141.2006.06269.x. PMID 16925792.
- ↑ Kristinsson SY, Tang M, Pfeiffer RM, Björkholm M, Blimark C, Mellqvist UH, Wahlin A, Turesson I, Landgren O (October 2010). "Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance and risk of skeletal fractures: a population-based study". Blood. 116 (15): 2651–5. doi:10.1182/blood-2010-04-282848. PMC 3324256. PMID 20610813.
- ↑ Sallah S, Husain A, Wan J, Vos P, Nguyen NP (October 2004). "The risk of venous thromboembolic disease in patients with monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance". Ann. Oncol. 15 (10): 1490–4. doi:10.1093/annonc/mdh385. PMID 15367409.
- ↑ Bladé J (2006). "Clinical practice. Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance". N Engl J Med. 355 (26): 2765–70. PMID 17192542 Abstract.
- ↑ Kyle RA, Therneau TM, Rajkumar SV, Larson DR, Plevak MF, Offord JR, Dispenzieri A, Katzmann JA, Melton LJ 3rd. (2006). "Prevalence of monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance". N Engl J Med. 354: 1362–9. PMID 16571879. Unknown parameter
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