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

J Am Acad Dermatol. 2001 Dec;45(6 Suppl):S202-6. doi: 10.1067/mjd.2001.103262.

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Skin Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Skin Diseases / pathology
  • Thorax
  • Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia / diagnosis*
  • Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia / pathology