Ultrastructural features of the plasma cells in ?non-secretory? myeloma
- 1 March 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Annals of Hematology
- Vol. 36 (3) , 149-157
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00996654
Abstract
Bei einem Patienten mit nichtsekretorischem Plasmozytom wurden die Plasmazellen immunologisch und elektronenmikroskopisch untersucht. Die Diagnose beruhte auf dem klinischen Bild, den typischen Röntgenbefunden und einer Infiltration des Knochenmarks durch Plasmozytomzellen, die eine spezifische Immunfiuoreszenz mit Antiseren für IgM und kappa-Leichtketten zeigten. Es wird versucht, das Fehlen des Paraproteins im Serum mit Hilfe der elektronenmikroskopischen VerÄnderungen zu erklÄren. In den Plasmazellen der nichtsekretorischen Myelome wird die Sekretion der Paraproteine wahrscheinlich dadurch verhindert, da\ sie durch Membranfragmente eingeschlossen werden. A case of “non-secretory” multiple myeloma is described. The diagnosis was based on the clinical picture, typical radiological findings, and infiltration of the bone marrow by myeloma cells which showed specific immuno-fluorescence staining mainly with antisera for IgM and kappa light chains. An attempt is made to explain the absence of pathological proteins in the serum, based on the ultrastructural findings of the myeloma cells, which showed “buddings” of the cell membranes containing endoplasmic reticulum and cytoplasmic material. It is suggested that the cells of the “non-secretory” type of multiple myeloma possess a normal excretory mechanism, but the pathological proteins are prevented to be secreted in the serum being surrounded by portions of the cell membrane.This publication has 25 references indexed in Scilit:
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