All that glitters isn’t gold, and all that paraproteins isn’t myeloma. But if we’re not going to blame myeloma, then what else might be responsible? Hold on to your M-Spikes as we the Bloody Minded Team dive into the weird and wonderful world of paraproteins causing havoc in patients without myeloma. This episode isn’t for the faint of blood so get ready for an advanced look at paraproteins and take a bit of the U out of MGUS. 

2:12 - The Problem with "Unknown" Significance
8:45 - Waldenström's macroglobulinemia/Lymphoplasmacytic Lymphoma
11:17 - Marginal zone lymphoma
12:42 - Cold Agglutinin Disease
15:09 - Heavy chain disease
16:27 - POEMS Syndrome
23:10 - Other Paraproteinemic Neuropathies
25:55 - TEMPI
27:03 - CANOMAD
29:16 - Schnitzler Syndrome
31:34 - Scleromyxedema
34:06 - The “paraprotein AND...” approach

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