[Usefulness of plasma cell acid phosphatase in the differential diagnosis of monoclonal gammopathies].
The acid phosphatase activity has been studied cytochemically in bone marrow plasma cells of 12 patients with multiple myeloma and 15 with non-myeloma plasmocytosis. The acid phosphatase activity has been significantly higher in the myeloma group. The utilization and usefulness of this cytochemical reaction for the diagnosis of multiple myeloma are proposed.
D000135:Acid Phosphatase / Q000097:blood*; D000368:Aged; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells; D004796:Clinical Enzyme Tests; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006942:Hypergammaglobulinemia / Q000175:diagnosis; D007070:Immunoglobulin A; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000175:diagnosis; D010950:Plasma Cells / Q000201:enzymology*
D007070:Immunoglobulin A; D000135:Acid Phosphatase
Utilità della fosfatasi acida plasmacellulare nella diagnostica differenziale delle gammopatie monoclonali.