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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-6-7
pubmed:abstractText
Isolated extramedullary relapse is rare in patients with acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) after allogeneic stem cell transplantation (SCT), and an optimal therapy for it has not been established. We describe a patient with APL who developed serially occurring extramedullary disease (EMD) after SCT. We confirmed that EMD had arisen from the recipient's APL blasts by detecting t(15;17) and PML/RARalpha from the tumor cell suspension. The patient displayed EMD 4 times at different sites. Administration of all-trans retinoic acid with local radiotherapy and with chemotherapy for the first to third EMDs resulted in regression of the tumors. However, these regimens did not prevent the subsequent occurrence of new EMD. For the fourth EMD, intravenous administration of arsenic trioxide followed by local radiotherapy resulted in the disappearance of EMD, and no further EMD has developed to date. In the present case, the bone marrow was in morphologic and molecular remission during the course of recurrent EMD. The accumulation of detailed cases is needed to elucidate the pathogenesis, predisposing factors, and optimal therapy for EMD in APL after SCT.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0925-5710
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
83
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
337-40
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16757435-Antineoplastic Agents, pubmed-meshheading:16757435-Arsenicals, pubmed-meshheading:16757435-Chromosomes, Human, Pair 15, pubmed-meshheading:16757435-Chromosomes, Human, Pair 17, pubmed-meshheading:16757435-Combined Modality Therapy, pubmed-meshheading:16757435-Female, pubmed-meshheading:16757435-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:16757435-Leukemia, Promyelocytic, Acute, pubmed-meshheading:16757435-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:16757435-Neoplasm Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16757435-Oncogene Proteins, Fusion, pubmed-meshheading:16757435-Oxides, pubmed-meshheading:16757435-Recurrence, pubmed-meshheading:16757435-Remission Induction, pubmed-meshheading:16757435-Sarcoma, Myeloid, pubmed-meshheading:16757435-Stem Cell Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:16757435-Translocation, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:16757435-Transplantation, Homologous, pubmed-meshheading:16757435-Tretinoin
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Recurrent extramedullary relapse of acute promyelocytic leukemia after allogeneic stem cell transplantation: successful treatment by arsenic trioxide in combination with local radiotherapy.
pubmed:affiliation
Hematology, Kita-Fukushima Medical Center, Fukushima, Japan. kai@jinsenkai.or.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports