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🌱 來自: clinical manifestations of waldenstrom’s macroglobulinemia (WM)

HyperVISCOSITY syndrome

Diagnostic Considerations

• Multiple myeloma
• Waldenström macroglobulinemia
• Leukostasis (see the Medscape Reference article Oncologic Emergencies, under Hyperleukocytosis)
• Polycythemia
• Thrombocytosis

management

• Plasmapheresis is the treatment of choice for initial management and stabilization of HVS from elevated immunoglobulin levels. [5] Leukapheresis, plateletpheresis, and phlebotomy are indicated for HVS from leukostasis, thrombocytosis, and polycythemia, respectively.