Myeloma

Introduction: Myeloma

Description of Myeloma

Myeloma (medical condition): A primary malignancy of the plasma cells...more »

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Myeloma: Cancer that arises in plasma cells, a type of white blood cell.
Source: National Institute of Health

Myeloma: a tumor of the bone marrow (usually malignant) composed of cells normally found in bone marrow.
Source: WordNet 2.1

Myeloma: A bone marrow-based plasma cell neoplasm characterized by a serum monoclonal protein and skeletal destruction with osteolytic lesions, pathological fractures, bone pain, hypercalcemia, and anemia. Clinical variants include non-secretory myeloma, smoldering myeloma, indolent myeloma, and plasma cell leukemia. (WHO, 2001) -- 2003
Source: Diseases Database

Myeloma: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Myeloma:

• Tumor
• Tumor pain
• Hemopoietic
• Bone
• Bone symptoms (2907 causes)
• Bone disease (2907 causes)
• Bone disorder
• Bone pain (272 causes)

Myeloma as a Disease

Myeloma (medical condition): See Myeloma (disease information).
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Myeloma: Related Diseases

Myeloma: Myeloma is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Cancer
• Blood conditions
• Blood cancer
• Blood cancers
• Bone marrow conditions

More information on medical condition: Myeloma:

• Information about Myeloma
• Basic Summary for Myeloma
• Types of Myeloma
• Symptoms of Myeloma

Myeloma: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Myeloma:

• plasma cells
• multiple myeloma
• Bence Jones protein
• renal failure
• amyloidosis

Terms associated with Myeloma:

Terms Similar to Myeloma:

• Kahler's disease
• Multiple myeloma
• Plasma cell tumors
• Plasmacytoma

Source: Diseases Database

More specific terms for Myeloma:

• multiple myeloma

Source - WordNet 2.1

Broader terms for Myeloma

• malignant tumor
• malignant neoplasm
• metastatic tumor

Source - WordNet 2.1

The following terms can be used for Myeloma

• multiple myeloma

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Myeloma

The following list attempts to classify Myeloma into categories where each line is subset of the next.

WordNet 2.1

• malignant neoplasm,malignant tumor,metastatic tumor
• neoplasm,tumor,tumour
• growth
• illness,malady,sickness,unwellness
• health problem,ill health,unhealthiness
• pathological state
• condition,status
• state

Source: WordNet 2.1

External links related to: Myeloma

• Bisphosphonates in multiple myeloma (Cochrane Review)
• plasma cell myeloma - MedPix™ Medical Image Database and Teaching Files
• Kahler's disease (www.whonamedit.com)
• National Cancer Institute - Multiple Myeloma Treatment
• Plasma cell myeloma - MedPix™ Medical Image Database and Teaching Files
• Multiple Myeloma - MedPix™ Medical Image Database and Teaching Files
• multiple myeloma
• Plasmacytoma - MedPix™ Medical Image Database and Teaching Files
• Multiple myeloma - MedPix™ Medical Image Database and Teaching Files
• Multiple Myeloma - MedPix™ Medical Image Database and Teaching Files
• eMedicine - Myeloma : Article by Seema S Rizvi, MD
• eMedicine - Multiple Myeloma : Article by Steven M Sorenson, MD
• Multiple Myeloma - MedPix™ Medical Image Database and Teaching Files
• National Cancer Institute - Multiple Myeloma Treatment
• multiple myeloma - MedPix™ Medical Image Database and Teaching Files
• Early versus deferred treatment for early stage multiple myeloma (Cochrane Review)
• eMedicine - Multiple Myeloma : Article by Sara Grethlein, MD
• multiple myeloma - General Practice Notebook
• plasmacytoma - MedPix™ Medical Image Database and Teaching Files
• Multiple Myeloma - MedPix™ Medical Image Database and Teaching Files

Source: Diseases Database

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