title: [Clinical features of 16 cases of lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma/Waldenström macroglobulinemia].
abstract: In order to investigate the clinical manifestations, diagnosis, therapy and prognosis of lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma/Waldenström macroglobulinemia (LPL/WM), 16 patients with LPL/WM were analyzed retrospectively. The results showed that the average age of 16 patients with LPL/WM was 65.1 years old, the most common syndromes were anemia and hyperviscosity syndrome, bone marrows were composed of small lymphocyte, admixed with variable numbers of plasma cells and plasmacytoid lymphocytes. And lymph node biopsy revealed that most cells expressed B-cell-associated antigen. Among the 16 cases, complete remission was 25%, overall response rate (ORR) was 81.3%, overall survival time was 6 to 108 months. 3 patients died and survival rate was 81.3 %. It is concluded that the clinical course of LPL/WM is typically indolent. These patients can acquire remission in clinic, but can not be cured, some of them can transform into patients with more malignant lymphoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, China.
authors.forename: Ji-Jun
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Hong-Mei
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Jing
authors.forename: Hong-Wei
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Jiao-Sheng
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Zi-Feng
authors.initials: ZF
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Xiao-Yan
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Ke
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D008258:Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy