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CRAB criteria
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CRAB criteria
CRAB criteria is used for –
A. Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
B. Multiple Myeloma
C.Renal Cell Carcinoma
D. Papillary Carcinoma of Thyroid
Answer
| ANSWER | ||
| Answer-B
Multiple Myeloma |
CRAB criteria encompass the most common signs of multiple myeloma:
- Calcium: serum calcium >0.25 mmol/L (>1 mg/dL) higher than the upper limit of normal or >2.75 mmol/L (>11 mg/dL)
- Renal insufficiency: creatinine clearance <40 mL per minute or serum creatinine >1.77 mol/L (>2 mg/dL)
- Anemia: hemoglobin value of >2g/dL below the lowest limit of normal, or a hemoglobin value <10g/dL
- Bone lesions: osteolytic lesions on skeletal radiography, CT, or PET/CT