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ArticleCureus2025

Sequential Development of Waldenström's Macroglobulinemia After High-Grade Lymphomatoid Granulomatosis.

Makoto Ito, Yusei Mizumoto, Yasushi Murakami, Satsuki Nakano, Norio Takagi

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Article in Cureus, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 authors.

Makoto ItoDepartment of Hematology, Tokoname City Hospital, Tokoname, JPN.
Yusei MizumotoDepartment of Hematology, Tokoname City Hospital, Tokoname, JPN.
Yasushi MurakamiDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Tokoname City Hospital, Tokoname, JPN.
Satsuki NakanoDepartment of Pathology, Tokoname City Hospital, Tokoname, JPN.
Norio TakagiDepartment of Hematology, Tokoname City Hospital, Tokoname, JPN.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lymphomatoid granulomatosis (LYG) is a rare Epstein-Barr virus-driven B-cell lymphoproliferative disease that often progresses to high-grade lymphoma. We describe a case of high-grade LYG causing Pancoast syndrome, diagnosed via transbronchial biopsy after a failed incisional biopsy. Complete remission was achieved with R-CHOP (rituximab, doxorubicin, cyclophosphamide, vincristine, and prednisolone), but 2.5 years later, the patient developed lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma/Waldenström's macroglobulinemia (LPL/WM). Despite bendamustine-rituximab improving LPL/WM, LYG recurred, underscoring its treatment challenges. This case highlights LYG's diagnostic complexity, its potential link with other hematologic malignancies, and therapeutic limitations. Further research is needed to elucidate LYG's pathogenesis and develop effective treatments for relapsed cases.

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bendamustinelymphomatoid granulomatosislymphoplasmacytic lymphoma/waldenström’s macroglobulinemiarituximabtransbronchial biopsy

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PMID40255839
PMCPMC12007900

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