Waldenström macroglobulinemia

Waldenström macroglobulinemia
An indolent (slow-growing) type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma marked by abnormal levels of IgM antibodies in the blood and an enlarged liver, spleen, or lymph nodes. Also called lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma.

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  • Waldenström, macroglobulinemia de — macroglobulinemia de Waldenström f. hemat. Macroglobulinemia que afecta principalmente a varones ancianos ocasionada por una proliferación clonal de linfocitos B que segregan grandes cantidades de IgM. Los síntomas que provoca son astenia,… …   Diccionario médico

  • Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia — A chronic low grade (indolent) type of lymphoma due to a malignant clone of plasma cells. These plasma cells multiply out of control, invade the bone marrow, lymph nodes, and spleen, and characteristically produce huge amounts of a large sized… …   Medical dictionary

  • Macroglobulinemia de Waldenstrom — Waldenström s macroglobulinemia Clasificación y recursos externos CIE 10 C88.0 CIE 9 273.3 …   Wikipedia Español

  • macroglobulinemia de Waldenström — f. hemat. Macroglobulinemia que afecta principalmente a varones ancianos ocasionada por una proliferación clonal de linfocitos B que segregan grandes cantidades de IgM. Los síntomas que provoca son astenia, debilidad, alteraciones visuales,… …   Diccionario médico

  • Waldenström — may refer to:*Paul Petter Waldenström (1838 1917), Swedish theologian who became the most prominent leader of the free church movement in late 19th century Sweden. *Jan G. Waldenström (1906 1996), Swedish physician who identified the condition… …   Wikipedia

  • Waldenström's macroglobulinemia — DiseaseDisorder infobox Name = Waldenström s macroglobulinemia ICD10 = ICD10|C|88|0|c|81 ICDO = ICDO|9761|3 ICD9 = ICD9|273.3 OMIM = 153600 MedlinePlus = 000588 eMedicineSubj = med eMedicineTopic = 2395 DiseasesDB = 14030 MeshID = D008258… …   Wikipedia

  • Macroglobulinemia, Waldenstrom — A chronic low grade (indolent) type of lymphoma due to a malignant clone of plasma cells. These plasma cells multiply out of control, invade the bone marrow, lymph nodes, and spleen, and characteristically produce huge amounts of a large sized… …   Medical dictionary

  • Macroglobulinemia — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = ICD10 = ICD9 = ICD9|273.3 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = MeshID = D008258 Macroglobulinemia is the presence of increased levels of macroglobulins in the… …   Wikipedia

  • macroglobulinemia — A condition in which the blood contains high levels of large proteins and is too thick to flow through small blood vessels. One type is Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia, which is a type of cancer …   English dictionary of cancer terms

  • macroglobulinemia — f. hemat. Incremento anormal en la sangre de gammaglobulina M (de alto peso molecular); puede aparecer sin síntomas o ser esencial (macroglobulinemia de Waldenström). Medical Dictionary. 2011 …   Diccionario médico

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