A cancer of plasma cells The plasma cell normally produces proteins called immunoglobulins or antibodies that destroy foreign bodies such as bacteria The antibodies recognize targets on foreign bodies known as antigens
A malignant proliferation of plasma cells in bone marrow causing numerous tumors and characterized by the presence of abnormal proteins in the blood
A malignant tumor of plasma cells usually arising in the bone marrow; characterized by diffuse involvement of the skeletal system, hyperglobulinemia, Bence-Jones proteinuria, and anemia
malignant neoplasm that originates in bone marrow, involves mainly the skeleton and is chiefly composed of plasma cells