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The anion gap as a screening procedure for occult myeloma in the elderly
N G Flanagan1, J C Ridway, A G Irving
1Department of Haematology, Victoria Hospital, Blackpool, Lancashire.
Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
|January 1, 1988
Abstract:
Myeloma in the elderly can mimic many disorders, causing delay in diagnosis. In a retrospective study, the mean anion gap at presentation in 78 elderly patients with confirmed myeloma was found to be significantly less than that of aged-matched controls. It is suggested that estimation of the anion gap may be useful as a screening test, particularly as it has no intrinsic cost.