bence-jones protein

     

A Bence Jones protein is a monoclonal globulin protein foun in the blood or urine. Finding this protein in the context of end-organ manifestations such as malignant bone marrow cancer, renal failure, lytic bone disease, or anemia, or large numbers of plasma cells in the bone marrow of patients can be diagnostic of multiple myeloma, in which it is present in 2/3 of cases.

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