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Revision as of 16:29, 10 November 2015

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Mirdula Sharma, MBBS [2]

MRI is not needed frequently for diagnosis of Waldenström's macroglobulinemia.^[1]
MRI of the spine shows bone marrow involvement.

↑ Waldenström's macroglobulinemia. Medscape (2015)http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/207097-workup#c7 Accessed on November 10, 2015

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-==Bone marrow aspiration and biopsy==
+==MRI==
-===Bone marrow aspirate===
+*MRI is not needed frequently for diagnosis of Waldenström's macroglobulinemia.<ref name="LAB">Waldenström's macroglobulinemia. Medscape (2015)http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/207097-workup#c7 Accessed on November 10, 2015</ref>
-*Bone marrow aspirate is frequently hypocellular.<ref name="LR">Waldenström's macroglobulinemia. UpToDate (2015)http://www.uptodate.com/contents/epidemiology-pathogenesis-clinical-manifestations-and-diagnosis-of-waldenstrom-macroglobulinemia?source=machineLearning&search=Waldenström%27s+macroglobulinemia&selectedTitle=1%7E80&sectionRank=3&anchor=H29#H18 Accessed on November 10, 2015</ref>
+*MRI of the spine shows bone marrow involvement.
-===Bone marrow biopsy specimen===
-*Biopsy specimen is usually hyper cellular and infiltrated with lymphoid and plasmacytoid cells.
-*Dutcher bodies (Intranuclear vacuoles containing IgM monoclonal protein.
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