RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Macroglobulinaemia and intestinal lymphangiectasia: a rare association
JF Journal of Clinical Pathology
JO J Clin Pathol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Association of Clinical Pathologists
SP 30
OP 36
DO 10.1136/jcp.36.1.30
VO 36
IS 1
A1 Harris, M
A1 Burton, IE
A1 Scarffe, JH
YR 1983
UL http://jcp.bmj.com/content/36/1/30.abstract
AB Two cases in which macroglobulinaemia was associated with intestinal lymphangiectasia are recorded. Immunoperoxidase stains demonstrated a high content of monoclonal IgM in the intestinal lymph. The seven previously recorded examples of this association are reviewed. It is concluded that the concurrence of these two conditions is not merely fortuitous, and that increased viscosity of the lymph consequent on its high IgM content may be important in the pathogenesis of the intestinal lymphangiectasia.