"Flaming" plasma cells in a dog with IgA multiple myeloma

J G Zinkl1, R A LeCouteur, D C Davis

  • 1Department of Clinical Pathology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, California 95616.

Multiple Myeloma with "flaming" plasma cell infiltration of the bone marrow was found in an 8-year-old Shetland sheepdog. Immuno-electrophoresis results indicated that the myeloma protein was IgA. Flaming plasma cells frequently have been associated with human IgA myeloma.