Progression of a hepatosplenic gamma delta T‐cell leukemia/lymphoma on hyperCVAD/MTX and ara‐C: literature review and our institutional treatment approach

A 24‐year‐old male presented with abdominal pain, fever, and palpable splenomegaly. His differential count revealed myelocytes, metamyelocytes, and nucleated red cells. A bone marrow biopsy confirmed a diagnosis of hepatosplenic gamma delta T‐cell leukemia/lymphoma. We describe here our center'...

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Autores principales: Saste, Abhijit, Arias‐Stella, Javier, Kuriakose, Philip
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2015
Materias:
Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4706407/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26783439
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.453
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Sumario:A 24‐year‐old male presented with abdominal pain, fever, and palpable splenomegaly. His differential count revealed myelocytes, metamyelocytes, and nucleated red cells. A bone marrow biopsy confirmed a diagnosis of hepatosplenic gamma delta T‐cell leukemia/lymphoma. We describe here our center's diagnostic and treatment approach for this rare leukemia.

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