title: Unusual presentation of patients with myelomatosis in Malawi.
abstract: Malignant myeloma is not rare in tropical Africa. Its mode of presentation in Malawi is most often that of a tumour mass in bone. The types of immunoglobulin heavy and light chains in the tumour cells occur with a frequency similar to that observed in temperate countries.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007136:Immunoglobulins / Q000032:analysis; D008295:Malawi; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology; D010954:Plasmacytoma / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D007136:Immunoglobulins