A 70-year-old with progressive lower back pain and hypercalcaemia is found to have lytic bone lesions and a raised paraprotein band on serum protein e...

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A 70-year-old with progressive lower back pain and hypercalcaemia is found to have lytic bone lesions and a raised paraprotein band on serum protein electrophoresis. Which is the most likely diagnosis?

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Multiple myeloma

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Osteoarthritis

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Prostate cancer metastases

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Paget's disease of bone

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Osteoporosis

ukmla MCQ (SBA): Haematology & Oncology

A 70-year-old with progressive lower back pain and hypercalcaemia is found to have lytic bone lesions and a raised paraprotein band on serum protein electrophoresis. Which is the most likely diagnosis?