A 74-Year-Old Man With Waldenström Macroglobulinemia and Progressive Dyspnea

Vasilios Tzilas; Andrew G Nicholson; Maria Gavriatopoulou; Ioannis Ntanasis-Stathopoulos; Meletios A Dimopoulos; Demosthenes Bouros

doi:10.1016/j.chest.2023.08.004

A 74-Year-Old Man With Waldenström Macroglobulinemia and Progressive Dyspnea

Chest. 2024 Feb;165(2):e39-e43. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2023.08.004.

Authors

Vasilios Tzilas¹, Andrew G Nicholson², Maria Gavriatopoulou³, Ioannis Ntanasis-Stathopoulos³, Meletios A Dimopoulos³, Demosthenes Bouros⁴

Affiliations

¹ 5th Respiratory Department, Hospital for Diseases of the Chest, "Sotiria," Athens, Greece. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Department of Histopathology, Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals, Guy's and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust and National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, England.
³ Department of Clinical Therapeutics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
⁴ Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece; Athens Medical Center, Athens, Greece.

PMID: 38336442
DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2023.08.004

Abstract

A 74-year-old man presented to our department with progressive dyspnea on exertion over the last year. The patient did not report any other symptoms. He had previously smoked with a 60 pack-year history. He worked in an office and did not report any environmental, occupational, or domestic exposures. His history included asymptomatic Waldenström's macroglobulinemia that was diagnosed 18 months before respiratory symptoms. He was not receiving any treatment and was monitored regularly by the hematology department.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Dyspnea / diagnosis
Dyspnea / etiology
Humans
Male
Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia* / complications
Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia* / diagnosis