© 1987 British Society for Rheumatology
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LYMPHORETICULAR MALIGNANCY AND MONOCLONAL GAMMOPATHY PRESENTING AS POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA
Department of Medicine Russells Hall Hospital, Dudley, West Midlands, DY1 2HQ, UK
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Address correspondence to Dr. J. P. Dclamcrc
Five patients presenting with polymyalgia rheumatica-like symptoms were found to have a monoclonal gammopathy. In addition one of these patients had acute myeloblastic leukaemia, two had early myeloma and one patient had probable Waldenström's macroglobulinaemia. The association of polymyalgia rheu-matica-like symptoms, monoclonal gammopathy and lymphoreticular malignancies is discussed.
KEY WORDS: Polymyalgia rheumatica, monoclonal gammopathy, lymphoreticular malignancy