Hypercalcemia, monoclonal protein, and osteolytic bone lesions in chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
We describe a patient with a long history of typical chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) who developed hypercalcemia, osteolytic bone lesions, and a monoclonal protein, all features of a secretory plasma cell disorder. These features in CLL have been reported in only four previous cases. The hypercalcemia in our patient is felt to result from an increase in the osteoclastic process.
Van de Casteele
M
M
University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium.
Verhoef
G E
GE
Demuynck
H
H
Zacheé
P
P
Boogaerts
M A
MA
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D006934:Hypercalcemia / Q000150:complications*; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000378:metabolism*; D007145:Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains / Q000378:metabolism*; D015451:Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D010014:Osteolysis / Q000150:complications*
D007075:Immunoglobulin M; D007145:Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains