Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia associated with Hodgkin's lymphoma: a case report.
Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia/lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma (WM/LPL) is a low-grade B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma with an indolent clinical course. Higher-grade non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) and therapy-related myelodysplasia/acute leukemia (t-MDS/AML) have been reported in patients with WM/LPL in previous studies. However, only two cases with WM/LPL were reported to develop to Hodgkin lymphoma (HL). Here, we report the first case of WM/LPL who developed classical HL simultaneously 3 years after initial nucleoside analog-based chemotherapy.
Department of Hematology, the First Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210029, China.
Yuan
Y
Fu
Department of Hematology, the First Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210029, China.
Huayuan
H
Zhu
Department of Hematology, the First Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210029, China. liupeng8888@yahoo.com.cn.
Peng
P
Liu
Hodgkin's lymphoma; Richter's syndrome; Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia