title: [Light chain myeloma or the pitfalls of myeloma diagnosis].
abstract: The diagnosis of multiple myeloma is often suggested by disturbances found in routine laboratory tests such as sedimentation rate, electrophoresis of serum proteins and search for proteinuria. In light chain myeloma these tests are nonspecific and therefore misleading. We present 8 cases of light chain myeloma and discuss the diagnosis of multiple myeloma with its associated pitfalls.
authors.affiliation: Clinique médicale, Hôpital cantonal de Fribourg.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zufferey
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pugin
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Regamey
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007147:Immunoglobulin Light Chains / Q000032:analysis*; D007145:Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains / Q000032:analysis; D007146:Immunoglobulin lambda-Chains / Q000032:analysis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D007147:Immunoglobulin Light Chains; D007145:Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains; D007146:Immunoglobulin lambda-Chains
vernacular_title: Le myélome à chaînes légères ou les pièges du diagnostic du myélome.