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myeloma
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myeloma
a usually malignant tumour of the bone marrow or composed of cells normally found in bone marrow

myeloma [‚mī·ə′lō·mə]
(medicine)
A primary tumor of the bone marrow composed of any of the bone marrow cell types.


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Multiple myeloma (also known as MM, myeloma, plasma cell myeloma, or as Kahler''s disease after Otto Kahler) is a type of cancer of plasma cells which are immune system cells in bone marrow that produce antibodies.
0 g/dL as major criteria for diagnosis of plasma cell myeloma.
Histologic examination alone is insufficient to discriminate plasma cell granuloma from plasmacytoma or plasma cell myeloma, even though it rarely manifests in the thyroid.
 
 
 
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