Validation and Utility of the Free Light Chain Assay in Pleural Effusions of Patients With Multiple Myeloma

Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk. 2016 Jul;16(7):e113-7. doi: 10.1016/j.clml.2016.04.008. Epub 2016 May 5.

Authors

Thomas U Marron¹, Matthew G Hanna², Lakshmi Ramanathan³, Ajai Chari⁴

Affiliations

¹ Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY.
² Department of Pathology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY.
³ Department of Laboratory Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY.
⁴ Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 27349767
DOI: 10.1016/j.clml.2016.04.008

No abstract available

Keywords: Free light chains; Multiple myeloma; Myelomatous pleural effusion.

Publication types

Case Reports
Validation Study

MeSH terms

Aged
Female
Humans
Immunoglobulin Light Chains / analysis*
Immunoglobulin Light Chains / blood
Male
Middle Aged
Multiple Myeloma / diagnosis*
Multiple Myeloma / immunology
Multiple Myeloma / pathology
Pleural Effusion, Malignant / chemistry*
Pleural Effusion, Malignant / diagnosis*
Pleural Effusion, Malignant / immunology
Predictive Value of Tests
Reproducibility of Results

Substances

Immunoglobulin Light Chains