IgG (kappa) paraproteinaemia and arthritis

Br J Rheumatol. 1987 Apr;26(2):142-6. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/26.2.142.

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Arthritis / diagnostic imaging
  • Arthritis / immunology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin G / analysis*
  • Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains / analysis*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Multiple Myeloma / complications
  • Paraproteinemias / complications*
  • Radiography
  • Tenosynovitis / immunology
  • Vasculitis / immunology

Substances

  • Immunoglobulin G
  • Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains