Cutaneous Waldenström's macroglobulinemia: report of a case and overview of the spectrum of cutaneous disease.

Libow, L F; Mawhinney, J P; Bessinger, G T · J Am Acad Dermatol · 2001

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Specific infiltration of the skin is a rare complication of Waldenström's macroglobulinemia. Cutaneous disease may also develop as a direct result of paraproteinemia and paraprotein specific antiepidermal autoimmune disease. We report a patient with Waldenström's macroglobulinemia in whom cutaneous infiltration developed with a clonal population of lymphoplasmacytoid B cells, summarize previously reported cases, and review the spectrum of cutaneous disease associated with this hematologic malignancy.

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