Epidemiology of monoclonal gammopathy in Morocco- A hospital-based study
Running Head: Monoclonal gammopathy
Abstract
Introduction: Monoclonal gammopathies are a group of disorders
associated with monoclonal proliferation of plasma cells that produces a
monoclonal protein. To describe the epidemiological and immunochemical
characteristics of monoclonal gammopathies diagnosed during a
nineteen-year period in a Moroccan teaching hospital was the main
objective of this study. Methods: This study was performed from January
2000 to August 2019. It was a retrospective study that included of 545
Moroccan patients with monoclonal gammopathy. Results: The patients who
participated in the study, 374 (68.6%) were male and 171(31.4%) were
female, with a mean ±SD age of 62.24±13.14 years. The most frequent
reasons for admission were bone pain (41,60%), renal failure (19.08%),
alteration of the general condition (12.21%) and anemia (10.69). Plasma
cell proliferative disorders in our study were as follow, multiple
myeloma (MM) (45.65%), Monoclonal gammopathies of undetermined
significance (MGUS) (39.05%), Waldenstrom’s macroglobulinemia(5.58%),
Lymphoma (2.27%+1.2%), Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (2.48%), Plasma
cell leukemia (1.86%), Plasmacytoma (0.62%), POEMS syndrome (0.41%),
and Amyloidosis (0.84%). The most frequent isotypes in MM were the IgGκ
(62) 36.5%, IgGλ(52)30.6%, IgAκ(27)15.9% and the IgAλ (19)11.2%. It
is also worthy of note, that Free light chain MM represents 20% of all
cases of MM. Conclusions: This is the largest Moroccan cohort, it
included 545 patients. The results of this study point to the need for
an early diagnosis of monoclonal gammopathies in the Moroccan population