Association of sarcoidosis and Waldenström's macroglobulinemia
Collet, E.; Boulitrop-Morvan, C.; Dalac, S.; Camus, P.; Lambert, D.
Annales de Dermatologie et de Venereologie 119(12): 971-974
1992
ISSN/ISBN: 0151-9638 PMID: 1304690 Document Number: 401801
Sarcoidosis is seldom associated with Waldenström's macroglobulinaemia. We report the case of a 58-year old woman, 7 years after cutaneous and pulmonary sarcoidosis had begun, developed Waldenström's macroglobulinaemia. Chlorambucil was effective on both diseases. The possibility of reactive sarcoidotic granulomas in neoplastic diseases may cast doubts on the reality of the sarcoidosis-malignant haemopathy association. However, most authors consider that such associations are not fortuitous and can be explained by the immunological abnormalities observed in patients with sarcoidosis.