title: Chronic calcific pancreatitis in a patient with Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia.
abstract: We report on a patient with chronic calcific pancreatitis associated with Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia, and we have hypothesized a possible relationship between these two entities. The hyperviscosity of serum in Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia may be associated with a viscous pancreatic juice that leads to stone formation.
authors.affiliation: Our Lady of Mercy Medical Center, Bronx, New York.
authors.forename: H I
authors.initials: HI
authors.lastname: Hertan
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Pitchumoni
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001809:Blood Viscosity; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008258:Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications*