TOTAL PROT. 6.5 - 8.3 HIGH DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS FOR AN ELEVATED TOTAL PROTEIN
POLYCLONAL GAMMOPATHY
Liver Disease
Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency
Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
Connective Tissue Disease
Mixed Connective Tissue Disease
Eosinophilic Fasciitis
Ankylosing Spondylitis
Temporal Arteritis
Familial Mediterranean Fever
Inclusion Body Myositis
Hematologic Conditions
Low-grade Lymphoma
High-grade T-cell Lymphoma
Large Granular Lymphocytic Leukemia
Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia
Hairy Cell Leukemia
Plasma Cell Leukemia
Angioimmunoblastic Lymphadenopathy with Dysproteinemia
Pseudolymphoma
Kikuchi Disease
Castleman Disease
Histiocytosis X
Sinus Histiocytosis with Massive Lymphadenopathy
Intracranial Plasma Cell Granulomata
Cutaneous Eruptive Histiocytoma
Chronic Active Epstein Barr Virus Infection Syndrome
Severe Autoimmune Lymphoproliferative Syndrome
Idiopathic Neutropenia
Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura
Sickle Cell Anemia
Fanconi Anemia
Malignancy
Ovarian Carcinoma
Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Lung
Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma
Renal Cell Carcinoma
Chondrosarcoma
Gastric Carcinoma
Infections
Pyelonephritis
Renal Abscess
HIV
Osteomyelitis
Bacteremia
Brucellosis
Whipple Disease
Lyme Disease
Leishmaniasis
Chagas Disease
Toxocara canis Infection
Varicella
Vaccinia
Neurologic Condition
Acquired Chronic Dysimmune Demyelinating Polyneuropathy
HTLV-1-Associated Myelopathy
Chronic Progressive Sensory Ataxic Neuropathy
Pure Motor Neuron Disease and Plasma Cell Dyscrasia
Microangiopathy of Vasa Nervorum in Dysglobulinemic Neuropathy
Gaucher Disease
Meniere Disease
Cardiac Myxoma
Asbestos Exposure
Cryptogenic Organizing pneumonitis
Lymphoid Interstitial Pneumonia
Hashimotos's Thyroiditis
Syndrome of IgG2 Subclass Deficiency
Hyperimmunoglobulinemia D and Periodic Fever Syndrome
MONOCLONAL GAMMOPATHY
Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance (MGUS)
POEMS Syndrome
Plasmacytoma
Lymphoid Tumors
Waldenstroms Macroglobulinemia