A Patient with Hereditary Spherocytosis and Silicosis who Developed an IgA(λ) Monoclonal Gammopathy

A Patient with Hereditary Spherocytosis and Silicosis who Developed an IgA(λ) Monoclonal Gammopathy

A patient with hereditary spherocytosis and silicosis who developed an IgA (λ.) monoclonal gammopathy is reported. It was thought that a combination of hereditary factors, a chronic hemolytic stimulus to the reticuloendothelial system and an adjuvant effect provided by presence of diffuse silica mig...

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Veröffentlicht in:Japanese Journal of Medicine 1987, Vol.26(1), pp.81-83
Hauptverfasser: FUKATA, Shuji, TAMAI, Hajime, NAGAI, Keisuke, MATSUBAYASHI, Sunao, NAGATO, Hiroshi, TASHIRO, Takayoshi, YASUDA, Masayoshi, KUMAGAI, Lindy F
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Sprache:eng
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Hereditary spherocytosis
Humans
Hypergammaglobulinemia - etiology
Immunoglobulin A
Male
Middle Aged
Monoclonal gammopathy
Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance - etiology
Silicosis
Silicosis - complications
Spherocytosis, Hereditary - complications
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Zusammenfassung:A patient with hereditary spherocytosis and silicosis who developed an IgA (λ.) monoclonal gammopathy is reported. It was thought that a combination of hereditary factors, a chronic hemolytic stimulus to the reticuloendothelial system and an adjuvant effect provided by presence of diffuse silica might have contributed to the development of monoclonal gammopathy.
ISSN:0021-5120
1881-123X
DOI:10.2169/internalmedicine1962.26.81