Table 3.
Outside the Bone Marrow: IgM Related Symptoms
| Clinical Features | IgM Related Disease |
|---|---|
| New onset headaches, blurred vision, mucosal bleeding, hearing loss, tinnitus, neurologic disorders, retinopathy and retinal hemorrhage | Hyperviscosity |
| Distal, symmetric, progressive, sensorio-motor peripheral neuropathies with predominantly demyelinating features in the nerve conduction studies. (50% of cases anti-MAG +) IgM antibodies against other neural targets: gangliosides GM1, GD1a, GD1b, GT1b, GM2 and GM3 and the paragloboside, sulphate-3-glucuronyl para-globoside (SGPG). |
Peripheral neuropathies related to IgM |
| Raynaud like symptoms, acrocyanosis, ulcerations on extremities, purpura, cold urticaria | Cryoglobulinemia I |
| Arthralgias, sensorimotor neuropathies, purpura, renal failure. | Cryoglobulinemia II |
| Extra vascular Hemolytic anemia (cold exposure), Raynaud phenomenon, acrocyanosis. | Cold agglutinins |
| Recurrent thrombotic events | Antiphospholipid syndrome |
| Peripheral sensory neuropathies with axonal pattern associated with autonomic nerve dysfunction. Other organ involvements: kidneys, heart, lung, liver and Gastointestinal tracts. |
Amyloidosis AL |
| Chronic urticarial eruptions, recurrent fever, arthralgia ± lymphadenopathy | Schnitzler’s Syndrome, (Auto-inflammatory disease) |
| Renal Failure ± Proteinuria (Moncolnal- IgM +/_ Light chain deposition) | Proliferative glomerulonephritis, Amyloidosis AL Cryoglobulinaemia II |