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Rare transformation to double hit lymphoma in Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia.
Immunotherapy - 1 Aug 2017
Okolo Onyemaechi N, Johnson Ariel C, Yun Seongseok, Arnold Stacy J, Anwer Faiz
Abstract excerpt
Waldenström macroglobulinemia (WM) is a lymphoproliferative lymphoma that is characterized by monoclonal immunoglobulin M (IgM) protein and bone marrow infiltration. Its incidence is rare and rarer still is its ability to transform to a B-cell lymphoma, particularly the aggressive diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, which bodes a poor prognosis. When transformation includes mutations of MYC, BCL-2 and/or BCL-6, it is...
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