Cytotoxic T‐cell lymphoma presenting as secondary myelofibrosis with high levels of PDGF and TGF‐β
Cytotoxic T‐cell lymphoma presenting as secondary myelofibrosis with high levels of PDGF and TGF‐β
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细胞毒性 T 细胞淋巴瘤表现为继发性骨髓纤维化,PDGF 和 TGF-β 水平高
DOI:
10.1034/j.1600-0609.2001.00302.x
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发表时间:
2001
影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
K. Muta
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作者:
Y. Abe;K. Ohshima;M. Shiratsuchi;K. Honda;J. Nishimura;H. Nawata;K. Muta
To the Editor: Myelo®brosis is often observed in a variety of hematological malignancies including chronic myelogenous leukemia (1), acute megakaryoblastic leukemia (2) and hairy cell leukemia (3). However, malignant lymphoma with diffuse myelo®brosis is rare. We present here a case of cytotoxic T-cell lymphoma presenting as pancytopenia due to diffuse reticulo®brosis of bone marrow. Furthermore, we also discuss the pathogenesis of the ®brosis, and in particular the role of cytokines relative to the ®brosis. A 19-yr-old female was admitted to our hospital to undergo evaluation of pancytopenia in August 1998. Peripheral blood analysis showed a hemoglobin level of 51 g/L, a white blood cell count of 2.7r10/L without abnormal cells, and a platelet count of 35r10/L. Her right cervical lymph nodes were enlarged, and both the liver and spleen were palpable. A systemic computed tomography (CT) scan demonstrated multiple swellings of the bilateral cervical, supraclavicular, para-aortic and mesenteric lymph nodes and marked splenomegaly (Fig. 1). Biopsy of the right cervical lymph node revealed diffuse proliferation of small atypical lymphocytes with some multi-nuclear giant cells. Immunophenotyping revealed that both cells were positive for CD3, CD8, TCRbF1 and TIA-1 and negative for CD4, CD20, CD30 and CD56. Bone marrow aspiration resulted in a dry tap, and its biopsy revealed diffuse reticulo®brosis with lymphoid cells (Fig. 2A). Normal hematopoiesis was severely suppressed. We diagnosed peripheral cytotoxic T-cell lymphoma with myelo®brosis, and the patient subsequently underwent chemotherapy (cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine and prednisolone). We performed six courses of chemotherapy. After three courses of chemotherapy, a bone marrow biopsy demonstrated recovery of hematopoiesis and a disappearance of ®brosis (Fig. 2B). However, small lymph nodes 1±2 cm in diameter remained in the neck and abdomen even after all six courses of chemotherapy. The patient underwent alloperipheral blood stem cell transplantation in April 1999, and is alive as of August 2000 with no progression of the disease. We determined the levels of several serum parameters at diagnosis and after three courses of treatment (Table 1). The serum concentration of soluble interleukin-2 receptor and LDH decreased from 14,800 to 502 U/mL, and from 972 to 313 U/ L, respectively. In addition, two serum markers of ®brosis, including procollagen terminal peptide III (4), which was released during the synthesis of type