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Long survival after splenic immunoblastic transformation of Waldenström's macroglobulinaemia
Author(s) -
Winter A. J.,
Obeid D.,
Jones E. L.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
british journal of haematology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.907
H-Index - 186
eISSN - 1365-2141
pISSN - 0007-1048
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2141.1995.tb05312.x
Subject(s) - medicine , waldenstrom macroglobulinemia , splenectomy , spleen , disease , pathology , immunology , lymphoma
Summary. Immunoblastic transformation of Waldenström's macroglobulinaemia is normally a preterminal event. We report a case in which the immunoblastic transformation appeared to be limited to the spleen. Splenectomy was more effective than cytotoxic chemotherapy in controlling the disease, and the patient remains free of disease 45 months later.