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A 63-Year-Old Black Man Presents with an Elevated ESR, 10-30

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A 63-year-old black man presents with an elevated ESR, 10-30% plasma cells in the bone marrow, M-spike by SPEP, and 4.0 g/dL of serum IgG by radial diffusion. Which plasma cell disorder is implicated?


A) Solitary plasmacytoma
B) Multiple myeloma
C) Waldenström's macroglobulinemia
D) Alpha heavy chain disease
E) Gamma heavy chain disease

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