Zur pathologischen Anatomie der sog. Macroglobulinaemie Waldenstroem

Macroglobulinaemia Waldenström: A Case with Haemolytic Syndrome and Involvement of the Nervous System

“…Similar changes are described in liver, spleen, kidneys, brain and other organs (2, 3, 5, 6,7,8). Plasma cells have sometimes been so predominant that the condition has been recorded as myelomatosis (9,10,11). In other cases the picture has resembled that of lymphosarcoma or leukaemia (9,12,13).…”

Macroglobulinemia or Multiple Myeloma

“…The cytologic picture with primary macroglobulinemia is sometimes dominated by plasma cells to such a degree that the condition is assumed to be multiple myeloma (8, 20,28). I t is natural therefore to assume that the macroglobulin in such cases is produced in the plasma cells.…”