Monoclonal gammopathies in a Moroccan military hospital.

Authors :: Ouzzif Z
Doghmi K
Bouhsain S
Dami A
El Machtani S
Tellal S
Messaoudi N
Mikdame M
El Maataoui A
Source :: Rheumatology international [Rheumatol Int] 2012 Oct; Vol. 32 (10), pp. 3303-7. Date of Electronic Publication: 2011 Sep 01.
Publication Year :: 2012
Abstract: The aim of this study was to describe biological features and aetiology of monoclonal gammopathy diagnosed during a 10-year period in the biochemistry department of the Moroccan Military Hospital Mohamed V in Rabat. The study was performed from 1 January 2000 to 31 December 2009. The records of 261 patients living in the Rabat area in which either serum protein electrophoresis and serum and/or urine immunofixation were performed at the biochemistry department of Military Instruction Hospital in Rabat were analysed. A cohort of 182 (70%) men and 79 (30%) women, the mean ± SD (range) ages were 60.21 ± 12.56 years. All patients were Caucasian. Electrophoresis found that 211 (80.84%) of the patients had a monoclonal gammopathy. Immunofixation confirmed that 251 (96.17%) patients had a monoclonal band in serum. In our cohort, MM was the most frequent diagnosis, our patients were late diagnosed.