Talk:Waldenström macroglobulinemia

Caution

CAUTION :: Corticosteroids - In the hands of careless physicians, the use of these can quickly lead to serious deterioration of the spinal bones and subsequent disastrous curvature.

Accepted medical guidelines now state that anyone on steroids for >3 months at a dose of 7.5 mg prednisolone or equivalent should have skeletal protection with bisphosphonates. Why are you posting your warning here? It's not the curvature that's a problem, it's the pain. JFW | T@lk 01:47, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

And there's nothing "careless" about it. Its a known side effect. The patient and the physician must weight the costs and benifits of using corticosteroids against the risk of the disease. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.176.151.10 (talk) 14:10, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

Waldenström macroglobulinemia name change to Waldenström's macroglobulinemia

As I understand it, Waldenström's macroglobulinemia is the correct spelling. It should have a 's because it is named after someone. Furthermore, this variation is in much more common usage. The original title of the page still exists as a redirect. Dyinghappy (talk) 08:57, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

The above account was later found to be a confirmed sokpuppet of a highly abusive user. Anyway ... the use of the apostrophe varies (see List of eponymous diseases#Punctuation) and in general Wikipedia has tended towards omitting it for a very, very long time now (e.g. Hodgkin lymphoma and Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, which are far more well-known). I've therefore moved it back. I was wondering why this was one of the very few Wikipedia articles to use an apostrophe this way in its title ... Graham87 07:44, 21 January 2022 (UTC)

The only exceptions that come to mind are Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease, but they're both well-known and even they've had discussions about their titles; the latter discussion points to other pages about medical conditions that have used the possessive in their title. Graham87 08:55, 21 January 2022 (UTC)

Redirect from Lymphoplasmacytic Lymphoma

I see that there is a redirect to here from Lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma and that the opening sentence equates them. However, ICD-O 3rd edition uses different morphology codes (M9671/3 for lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma and M9761/3 for WM). ICD-10 follows this and classifies them to different categories.

The Oxford Textbook of Oncology, section 15, says (in part):

"This relatively rare lymphoma occurs in older individuals and usually presents with isolated lymphadenopathy and/or paraproteinaemia. Characteristically, the latter is due to secretion of IgM by the tumour and when excessive gives rise to the hyperviscosity syndrome of Waldenström's macroglobulinaemia. Morphologically, lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma is distinguished by a mixture of small lymphocytes and larger cells with more abundant cytoplasm."

I therefore question the redirect and suggest that there should be separate articles with cross-referencing. Beeswaxcandle (talk) 23:32, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

Georges Pompidou

French President Georges Pompidou died of Waldenstroem's syndrom in 1973, while in office. 93.132.229.137 (talk) 19:47, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

Source

doi:10.1111/bjh.12102 - International consensus report for assessment of response. JFW | T@lk 20:53, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

doi:10.1111/bjh.12367 BJHaem review JFW | T@lk 17:49, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

doi:10.1111/bjh.12760 New UK guideline. JFW | T@lk 20:40, 17 February 2014 (UTC)

useINCIDENS

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