Development of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma in a patient with Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia/ lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma: clonal identity between two B-cell neoplasms

Development of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma in a patient with Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia/ lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma: clonal identity between two B-cell neoplasms

Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia (WM)/ lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma (LPL) is an indolent mature B-cell neoplasm. In rare cases of WM/LPL, diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) develops as a result of histologic transformation. In this report, we present a case of DLBCL developing in a patient with WM/L...

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Main Authors: Masayuki Shiseki, Akihiro Masuda, Norimichi Watanabe, Masami Fujii, Tomofumi Kimura, Kentaro Yoshinaga, Naoki Mori, Masanao Teramura, Toshiko Motoji
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2011-08-01
Series:Hematology Reports
Subjects:
Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia, lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma, diffuse large Bcell lymphoma, complementarity determining region 3.
Online Access:http://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/hr/article/view/2646

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