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2. Waldenström macroglobulinemia - Wikipedia

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   Symptoms including blurring or loss of vision, headache, and (rarely) stroke or coma are due to the effects of the IgM paraprotein, which may cause autoimmune phenomena or cryoglobulinemia. Other symptoms of Waldenström macroglobulinemia are due to hyperviscosity syndrome, which is present in 6–20% of patients.

3. Jan G. Waldenström - Wikipedia

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   Waldenström first described, in 1944, patients with a disease that has subsequently been named for him, Waldenström's macroglobulinemia, a "hyperviscosity syndrome" in which symptoms are caused by abnormal lymphocytes that prevent normal bone marrow function, which causes anemia and hepatosplenomegaly, and secrete large immunoglobulins ...

4. Hyperviscosity syndrome - Wikipedia

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   Hyperviscosity syndrome is a group of symptoms triggered by an increase in the viscosity of the blood.Symptoms of high blood viscosity include spontaneous bleeding from mucous membranes, visual disturbances due to retinopathy, and neurologic symptoms ranging from headache and vertigo to seizures and coma.

5. 'Golden Bachelor' Gerry Turner reveals cancer diagnosis. What ...

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   The Golden Bachelor star Gerry Turner says he's been diagnosed with a rare form of cancer called Waldenström's macroglobulinemia. ... Other symptoms include loss of appetite, fever, weight loss ...

6. Macroglobulin - Wikipedia

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   Waldenström macroglobulinemia is an uncommon cancer of the blood cells that is distinguished by the proliferation of abnormal white blood cells within the bone marrow. These aberrant cells resemble both B cells, which are white blood cells, also known as lymphocytes , and plasma cells , which are B cells that went through a secondary type of ...

7. “Golden Bachelor”'s Gerry Turner Trying to ‘Enjoy Every ...

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   Waldenström's macroglobulinemia transforms white blood cells into cancer cells which build up in the bone marrow, the spongy material inside the bones where blood cells are made, according to the ...