An unusual indication for splenectomy in hairy cell leukaemia: a report of three cases with persistent splenomegaly after chemoimmunotherapy

We describe three cases of relapsed hairy cell leukaemia (HCL) treated with pentostatin plus rituximab. All three achieved bone marrow complete remission but had persistent splenomegaly and hypersplenism. Because of the clinical uncertainty of its significance, they were all splenectomized. The sple...

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Autores principales: Sarid, Nadav, Ahmad, Humayun N, Wotherspoon, Andrew, Dearden, Claire E, Else, Monica, Catovsky, Daniel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2015
Materias:
Haematological Malignancy
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4832259/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26403440
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjh.13767

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4832259/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26403440
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjh.13767

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