TY - JOUR
T1 - Case 3-1990
T2 - A 66-year-old woman with waldenström's macroglobulinemia, diarrhea, anemia, and persistent gastrointestinal bleeding
AU - Cabot, Richard C.
AU - Scully, Robert E.
AU - Mark, Eugene J.
AU - Mcneely, William F.
AU - Mcneely, Betty U.
AU - Amrein, Philip C.
AU - Compton, Carolyn C.
PY - 1990/1/18
Y1 - 1990/1/18
N2 - Presentation of Case A 66-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of Waldenström's macroglobulinemia, with severe weakness, diarrhea, and gastrointestinal bleeding. There was a long history of abuse of tobacco and alcohol. The patient was otherwise in a stable state of health until two months before admission, when fatigue, myalgia, arthralgia, and a low-grade fever developed, with occasional night sweats. Diarrhea, weakness, and peripheral edema soon appeared, and she was admitted to another hospital. Physical examination showed splenomegaly without hepatomegaly; there was prominent peripheral edema. The hematocrit was 26 percent; the mean corpuscular volume (MCV) was 114 μm3 per.
AB - Presentation of Case A 66-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of Waldenström's macroglobulinemia, with severe weakness, diarrhea, and gastrointestinal bleeding. There was a long history of abuse of tobacco and alcohol. The patient was otherwise in a stable state of health until two months before admission, when fatigue, myalgia, arthralgia, and a low-grade fever developed, with occasional night sweats. Diarrhea, weakness, and peripheral edema soon appeared, and she was admitted to another hospital. Physical examination showed splenomegaly without hepatomegaly; there was prominent peripheral edema. The hematocrit was 26 percent; the mean corpuscular volume (MCV) was 114 μm3 per.
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U2 - 10.1056/NEJM199001183220308
DO - 10.1056/NEJM199001183220308
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:11944251162
SN - 0028-4793
VL - 322
SP - 183
EP - 192
JO - New England Journal of Medicine
JF - New England Journal of Medicine
IS - 3
ER -