title: Monoclonal gammopathy in general practice. Associated clinical conditions.
abstract: The clinical diagnoses in all 88 cases of monoclonal gammopathy, detected by general practitioners in Northern Jutland during a 3-year period, were investigated: 15% had malignant monoclonal gammopathy, 5% had non-haematologic cancers, and in 80% a benign disorder was found. These results indicate that the finding of a monoclonal gammopathy in general practice deserves attention, but it is rarely accompanied by a grave prognosis. Malignant monoclonal gammopathy should be suspected, but search for another type of cancer is not indicated.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005194:Family Practice; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006942:Hypergammaglobulinemia / Q000209:etiology*; D007136:Immunoglobulins / Q000032:analysis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008998:Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology; D010265:Paraproteinemias / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D007136:Immunoglobulins