Spurious fibrinogen levels secondary to pyroglobulinemia in Waldenström's macroglobulinemia. uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • We report two cases of pyroglobulinemia detected in the course of routine determination of fibrinogen levels measured by the heat-precipitation method and that led to the diagnosis of Waldenström's macroglobulinemia. The incidence of pyroglobulinemia is briefly discussed, and the potential significance of this laboratory artifact is emphasized.

publication date

  • February 1, 1995

Research

keywords

  • Fibrinogen
  • Pyroglobulins
  • Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0028938568

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1002/ajh.2830480212

PubMed ID

  • 7847327

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 48

issue

  • 2