Waldenström macroglobulinemia: diagnostics in clinical practice
Keywords:
макроглобулинемия Вальденстрема
иммуноглобулин-М
ревматоидный фактор
моноклональная гаммапатия
Waldenström macroglobulinemia
immunoglobulin M
rheumatoid factor
monoclonal gammapathy
Abstract
Waldenström macroglobulinemia (WM): literature review and clinical case report are presented. WM is a rare lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma with immunoglobulin M (IgM) monoclonal protein. WM is often preceded by monoclonal gammopathy. The case of a 79-year old woman with immunoglobulin M gammopathy, cryoglobulinaemia, elevated level of rheumatoid factor and antinuclear antibodies is reported. Differential diagnosis of WM, rheumatoid artrithis and other deseases is considered.



