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Query: UMLS:C0038362 (stomatitis)
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Lymphoplasmacytic stomatitis and gingivitis was diagnosed in an 8-year old female domestic shorthair. The cat had evidence of severe generalized inflammation of the oral cavity. Biopsy samples were evaluated and displayed a lichenoid, interface stomatitis which was predominantly lymphoplasmacytic. Serum protein electrophoresis confirmed a monoclonal gammopathy. Urine protein electrophoresis confirmed Bence-Jones proteinuria. Protein electrophoresis was used to diagnose monoclonal gammopathy (the production of a monoclonal immunoglobulin, or paraprotein, which is associated with a characteristic "M" protein spike on serum electrophoresis). Diseases associated with monoclonal gammopathy are similar in the dog and cat. Alkylating agent chemotherapy is used to rapidly reduce paraprotein concentrations in multiple myeloma. Multiple myeloma is the most common disorder associated with monoclonal gammopathy. This condition is less common in the cat, compared to the dog. This report examines the diagnosis and treatment of multiple myeloma in a cat presenting with severe stomatitis.
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PMID:Feline lymphoplasmacytic stomatitis associated with monoclonal gammopathy and Bence-Jones proteinuria. 799 84

We report a case of extramedullary plasmacytoma that appeared in an uncharacteristic manner as an ulcerative stomatitis affecting particularly the tongue and buccal mucosa. The lesions were associated with a transient lichenoid skin rash. The literature is reviewed and comparisons made between this tumor and the related plasma cell dyscrasias of multiple myeloma and monoclonal gammopathy.
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PMID:Monoclonal plasmacytic ulcerative stomatitis. A plasma cell dyscrasia? 846 14