Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma with continuously elevated immunoglobulin M following treatment: a case report with pathologic, immunophenotypic, and molecular analyses

Xiao, Fei and Cai, Yong-Mei and Fang, Jian-Chen and Shen, Yan-Ying and Yu, Bao-Hua and Zhang, Yi-Wei and Zhu, Di and Li, Zi-Hua and Li, Guo-Qing and Hou, Jian and Zhang, Min-Yue and Huang, Hong-Hui (2023) Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma with continuously elevated immunoglobulin M following treatment: a case report with pathologic, immunophenotypic, and molecular analyses. Frontiers in Genetics, 14. ISSN 1664-8021

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Abstract

A rare subtype of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) has been reported to be accompanied by elevated immunoglobulin M (IgM) paraprotein in the serum at diagnosis, called as IgMs-DLBCL. The monoclonal IgM paraprotein disappears soon after treatment in most of these patients. Here, we described a DLBCL patient with continuously elevated IgM following therapy. A 59-year-old male was diagnosed with DLBCL (GCB subtype per Hans algorithm, stage IA) with involvement of the right cervical lymph node. After six cycles of immuno-chemotherapy with the R-CHOP regimen, complete metabolic remission was achieved, but an elevated level of serum IgM persisted. To investigate the origin of elevated IgM, pathologic, immunophenotypic, and molecular analyses of lymph node and bone marrow (BM) samples were performed pre- and post-treatment. BM infiltration of lymphoplasmacytic cells, and a typical immunophenotypic profile by flow cytometry supported the diagnosis of Waldenström macroglobulinemia (WM). The MCD subtype of DLBCL was identified by next-generation sequencing of the lymph node at initial diagnosis characterized by co-occurring point mutations in MYD88L265P and CD79B. Additionally, two different dominant clonotypes of the immunoglobulin heavy chain (IGH) were detected in the lymph node and BM by IGH sequencing, which was IGHV 3–11*06/IGHJ 3*02 and IGHV 3–11*06/IGHJ 6*02, respectively, speculating to be two independent clonal origins. This study will provide a panoramic understanding of the origin or biological characteristics of DLBCL co-occurring with WM.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: Asian STM > Medical Science
Depositing User: Managing Editor
Date Deposited: 08 Nov 2023 05:59
Last Modified: 08 Nov 2023 07:13
URI: http://journal.send2sub.com/id/eprint/2616

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