MGUS can also become cancer, such as multiple myeloma,
lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma, or chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
B. Acute or chronic inflammatory diseases that result in increased mucosal permeability to protein • Inflammatory bowel disease (eosinophilic or
lymphoplasmacytic enteritis) • Granulomatous enteritis (histoplasmosis, Pythiosis) • Intestinal neoplasia, (
lymphoma, carcinoma) • Immunoproliferative enteropathy of Basenjis • Parasitic enteritis in young animals • Villous atrophy, gluten enteropathy, certain viral and bacterial enteritides • Chronic obstruction or intussusception