Audio Qbank – HY USMLE Q #380 – Internal medicine

A 65-year-old woman comes to the physician for a one-year history of generalized fatigue. She has no significant past medical history. Laboratory studies are as follows:

Hemoglobin                                                   14 g/dL
MCV                                                                   108 fL
Serum Ca2+                                                    9.3 mg/dL
Serum kappa light chains                       320 mg/dL (NR 3.3-19.4)
ESR                                                                      Normal

Bone marrow biopsy shows 11% plasma cells. This patient is at greatest risk for the development of which of the following?

Medullary thyroid carcinoma
Nephrotic syndrome
Pancreatitis
Renal calculi
S3 heart sound
Shingles