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Free Serum Light Chains (FSLC)

Blood Sciences Test


Specimen

Serum

Units

mg/L

Reference Range

Kappa 3.30 -19.4 mg/L
Lambda 7.0 – 26.3 mg/L
K/L ratio 0.26 – 1.65

Test Usage

Monitoring of patients with Multiple Myeloma and diagnosis of non secretory myeloma and light chain disease

Turnaround time

7 days

Availability

Local test

Can be added on to an existing request up to 4 days following sample receipt

Minimum Repeat Interval

21 days

Specimen Labelling Procedure
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8210

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