IgD monoclonal gammopathy with long-term follow-up

Br J Haematol. 1994 Oct;88(2):395-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.1994.tb05037.x.

Abstract

The presence of a serum IgD monoclonal protein (M-protein) is usually indicative of a malignant plasma cell disorder. However, one case of well-documented benign monoclonal gammopathy (BMG) of IgD type has been reported. We describe another patient with IgD monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) with long-term follow-up. In this patient an IgD lambda M-protein was found on routine serum electrophoresis. She is alive and has no evidence of multiple myeloma or amyloidosis after 8 years of follow-up. Although IgD MGUS is exceedingly rare, this case demonstrates that the presence of a serum IgD M-protein is not necessarily synonymous with a malignant plasma cell process.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin D / blood*
  • Immunoglobulin D / urine
  • Middle Aged
  • Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance / blood*
  • Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance / urine

Substances

  • Immunoglobulin D