Lymphoreticular malignancy and monoclonal gammopathy presenting as polymyalgia rheumatica.
Five patients presenting with polymyalgia rheumatica-like symptoms were found to have a monoclonal gammopathy. In addition one of these patients had acute myeloblastic leukaemia, two had early myeloma and one patient had probable Waldenström's macroglobulinaemia. The association of polymyalgia rheumatica-like symptoms, monoclonal gammopathy and lymphoreticular malignancies is discussed.
D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010265:Paraproteinemias / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011111:Polymyalgia Rheumatica / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*