A patient diagnosed with multiple myeloma reports severe pain. This pain can be attributed to:
a. neuropathic infiltrations.
b. destruction of bone tissue.
c. tissue hypoxia.
d. accumulation of toxic proteins.
ANS: B
Multiple myeloma is a B-cell cancer characterized by the proliferation of malignant plasma cells that infiltrate the bone marrow and aggregate into tumor masses throughout the skeletal system; thus, the pain is related to bone destruction, not neuropathic infiltrations, tissue hypoxia, or ac-cumulation of toxic proteins.
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