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. 2021 Aug 30;12:795–807. doi: 10.2147/JBM.S267938

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