Abstract
Three patients with IgG (kappa) paraproteinaemia in association with inflammatory polyarthritis are described. Two of the patients had an erosive deforming arthritis, and the third had a non-erosive arthritis and necrotizing vasculitis. Possible aetiological relationships between the paraproteinaemia, arthritis and vasculitis are discussed.
MeSH terms
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Arthritis / diagnostic imaging
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Arthritis / immunology*
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Female
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Humans
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Immunoglobulin G / analysis*
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Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains / analysis*
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Multiple Myeloma / complications
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Paraproteinemias / complications*
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Radiography
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Tenosynovitis / immunology
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Vasculitis / immunology
Substances
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Immunoglobulin G
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Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains