When Waldenström macroglobulinemia hits the kidney: Description of a case series and management of a "rare in rare" scenario.
Nicolò DanesinGreta ScapinelloDorella Del PreteElena NasoTamara BernoAndrea VisentinLaura BonaldiAnnalisa MartinesRoberta BertorelleFabrizio VianelloCarmela GurrieriRenato ZambelloChiara CastellaniMarny FedrigoStefania RizzoAnnalisa AngeliniLivio TrentinFrancesco A PiazzaPublished in: Cancer reports (Hoboken, N.J.) (2024)
In this illustrative case series, we confirm that serum creatinine levels and 24 h proteinuria are parameters that when altered should prompt the clinical suspicion of WM-related renal involvement, even if at present there are not precise cut-off levels recommending the execution of a renal biopsy. Studies with higher numerosity are needed to better clarify the pathological and clinical features of renal involvement during WM and to determine the potential benefit of different therapeutic regimens according to the histopathological subtypes.