NEUFELD AH, MORTON HS, HALPENNY GW. MYELOMATOSIS WITH
XANTHOMATOSIS MULTIFORME.
CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL 1964;
91:374-80. [PMID:
14179539 PMCID:
PMC1927397]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/25/2023]
Abstract
A 45-year-old man developed, apparently simultaneously, two rare conditions, xanthomatosis (with hypercholesterolemia) and myelomatosis. His blood contained very high levels of cholesterol, the major part of which was present in a markedly elevated beta-lipoprotein fraction. Studies carried out over a period of six years, utilizing electrophoresis, ultracentrifugation, determinations of chemical composition and incorporation with C(14)-labelled glutamic acid and acetate, indicated a direct association between the two conditions, the myeloma lipoprotein apparently being produced by the abnormal plasma cells in the bone marrow. There were definite indications that the low density S(f) 0-12 lipoproteins were primarily involved.
Collapse