Angioedema and Waldenström macroglobulinemia

  1. Méndez-Alcalde, J. D. 1
  2. Martín-Armentia, B. 1
  3. Armentia-Medina, A. 1
  4. Cabrerizo-Ballesteros, S. 2
  5. San-Miguel-Hernández, A. 3
  6. García-Villamuza, Y. 2
  7. Alonso-Alonso, J. M. 4
  1. 1 Sanidad de Castilla y León – SACYL. Hospital Universitario Río Hortega. Unidad de Alergología. Valladolid, España
  2. 2 Sanidad de Castilla y León – SACYL. Complejo Asistencial Universitario de Palencia. Unidad de Alergología. Palencia, España
  3. 3 Sanidad de Castilla y León – SACYL. Hospital Universitario Río Hortega. Servicio de Análisis Clínicos. Valladolid, España
  4. 4 Sanidad de Castilla y León – SACYL. Complejo Asistencial Universitario de Palencia. Servicio de Hematología. Palencia, España
Revue:
Gaceta médica de Bilbao: Revista oficial de la Academia de Ciencias Médicas de Bilbao. Información para profesionales sanitarios

ISSN: 0304-4858 2173-2302

Année de publication: 2021

Volumen: 118

Número: 4

Pages: 262-265

Type: Article

D'autres publications dans: Gaceta médica de Bilbao: Revista oficial de la Academia de Ciencias Médicas de Bilbao. Información para profesionales sanitarios

Résumé

We describe a patient with angioedema diagnosed with Waldenström's macroglobulinemia in complete remission after adequate therapy. In this type of patients, lymphoproliferative diseases must be taken into account in the differential diagnosis of angioedema.

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