Delusional
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A patient's urine dipstick reveals no protein.......
But the same patient's 24 hour urine estimate for protein reveals massive proteinuria...4g/day
what does this patient have?
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| bikram
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bence jones protienuria in multiple myeloma
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or waldenstrom macrolobulinemia or cll or even amyloidosis
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| Delusional
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Good... u guys
I have left this for a while....so some of u would come up with replies....
Any disease that causes a rise in proteins other than albumin cause albumin is detected by dip stick....
So correct... the paraproteinemias......and amyloidosis..
I actually posted this so I could remind you that you can put an answer to this but you wouldn't when it is in the form of a case....
I had it in the form of a case long before i posted this question.....
Click right here A patient with renal failure
Thanx to Prep4usmle...he replied to it.....along with the other guys
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