A 55-year-old man presents with new-onset back pain, anaemia and elevated creatinine. Serum protein electrophoresis shows a monoclonal spike and bone ...

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A 55-year-old man presents with new-onset back pain, anaemia and elevated creatinine. Serum protein electrophoresis shows a monoclonal spike and bone marrow biopsy reveals increased plasma cells. Which is the most likely diagnosis?

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Multiple myeloma

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Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia

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Non-Hodgkin lymphoma

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Acute leukaemia

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Waldenström macroglobulinaemia

au-amc MCQ (SBA): Multiple myeloma

A 55-year-old man presents with new-onset back pain, anaemia and elevated creatinine. Serum protein electrophoresis shows a monoclonal spike and bone marrow biopsy reveals increased plasma cells. Which is the most likely diagnosis?