Utility of MYD88 in the Differential Diagnosis and Choice of Second-Line Therapy in a Case of Nonsecretory Lymphoplasmacytic Lymphoma versus Free Light Chain Waldenstrom’s Macroglobulinemia

The MYD88 L265P somatic variant (MYD88) has a high prevalence in Waldenstrom’s Macroglobulinemia (WM), a form of lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma (LPL) associated with monoclonal IgM. Although the role of MYD88 in WM was initially reported in 2012, it was not until 2016 that MYD88 testing was included in...

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Main Authors: D. Kazmierski, M. L. Palomba, C. Barsigian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2017-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Hematology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/5183646