Research Article

Clonotypic Analysis of Immunoglobulin Heavy Chain Sequences in Patients with Waldenström’s Macroglobulinemia: Correlation with MYD88 L265P Somatic Mutation Status, Clinical Features, and Outcome

Table 1

Clinical and laboratory findings for the study’s WM patients.

Mean value (median value) Range

Age (years)65,5 (64)42–84
Gender (male/female)
IPSS stage19/17
 145%
 239%
 316%
Bone marrow involvement46,7% (40%)5–100%
Lymphadenopathy21%
Splenomegaly19%
Hepatomegaly9%
Extranodal sites 3%
IgM (mg/dL)2777,2 (2500)138–7870
Hb (g/dL)10,9 (11,1) 6–14,3
Platelets (×109/L)233,2 (234) 60–472
WBC (×109/L)7,1 (6,7)2,1–16,8
B2M (mg/dL)4,1 (3,4)1,9–10,4
Abnormal (high) LDH 27%