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How long can a igm mgus stay stable?

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Dr. Carlos Encarnacion answered

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Years: Could remain stable all your life but needs to be followed regularly.

Answered 4/6/2017

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Im a 48 yr old male with itp for 9 yrs have hemotoligist for 9 yrs recently found ill defined faint band IgM kappa.Is this mgus .Prognosis? Thanks

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Serum immunofixation says IgM kappa in beta2, but urine immunofixation says small discrete band noted in gamma region, no m protein. Is this mgus?

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