Gamuts

Sclerotic hand bone lesion

Multiple myeloma (MM), also known as plasma cell myeloma and simply myeloma, is a cancer of plasma cells, a type of white blood cell that normally produces antibodies. Often, no symptoms are noticed initially. [Source: Wikipedia ]

May Be Caused by
 Common
Avascular necrosis
Bone island
Chronic osteomyelitis
Enchondroma
Florid reactive periostitis
Healing fracture with callus
Mycetoma
Steroid medication
Trauma to lunate
Trauma to scaphoid
 Uncommon
Bizarre parosteal pseudotumor
Chondrosarcoma
Connective tissue disease
Enchondromatosis
Ewing sarcoma
Fibrous dysplasia
Gardner syndrome
Healing nonossifying fibroma
Hereditary multiple exostoses
Infarction
Inflammatory arthritis
Intraosseous gouty tophus calcification
Melorheostosis
Osteoblastic metastasis
Osteoblastoma
Osteochondroma
Osteoid osteoma
Osteopathia striata
Osteopoikilosis
Osteosarcoma
Paget disease of bone
Reiter syndrome
Sarcoidosis
Scleroderma
Seronegative psoriatic arthritis
Sickle cell disease
Syphilis
Systemic lupus erythematosus
Tuberous sclerosis
Werner syndrome
Yaws

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