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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-8-18
pubmed:abstractText
Because of the rarity and the morphological variations, small cell variant of anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL) represents a diagnostic challenge. Herein is reported a case of leukemic type of small cell variant of ALCL, in which the diagnosis was established by a cytogenetic analysis. The patient was a 23-year-old woman who presented with fever and leukocytosis with circulatory atypical lymphoid cells. The initial differential diagnosis on bone marrow trephine biopsy sections included viral infection and peripheral T-cell lymphoma unspecified. But a cytogenetic study on bone marrow cells indicated a novel complex translocation, t(2;5;3)(p23;q35;p21), which led to confirmation of anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)-positive pleomorphic small to medium-sized cells scattered in bone marrow cells, on immunohistochemistry. ALK was distributed in both nuclear and cytoplasmic regions of neoplastic cells. The patient achieved complete remission after four courses of combination chemotherapy, and received autologous peripheral stem cell transplantation (auto-PBSCT) after two additional courses of combination chemotherapy, but relapsed 2 months after auto-PBSCT in the bilateral lung. Allogeneic stem cell transplantation led to a second remission. This case demonstrates the diagnostic importance of cytogenetic study for malignant lymphoma involving bone marrow.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
1440-1827
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
58
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
494-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18705769-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:18705769-Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols, pubmed-meshheading:18705769-Bone Marrow Cells, pubmed-meshheading:18705769-Chromosome Banding, pubmed-meshheading:18705769-Chromosomes, Human, 1-3, pubmed-meshheading:18705769-Chromosomes, Human, Pair 5, pubmed-meshheading:18705769-Diagnosis, Differential, pubmed-meshheading:18705769-Female, pubmed-meshheading:18705769-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:18705769-Lymphoma, Large-Cell, Anaplastic, pubmed-meshheading:18705769-Lymphoma, T-Cell, Peripheral, pubmed-meshheading:18705769-Protein-Tyrosine Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:18705769-Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:18705769-Remission Induction, pubmed-meshheading:18705769-Spectral Karyotyping, pubmed-meshheading:18705769-Translocation, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:18705769-Tumor Markers, Biological, pubmed-meshheading:18705769-Virus Diseases
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Small cell variant of anaplastic large cell lymphoma diagnosed by a novel chromosomal abnormality t(2;5;3)(p23;q35;p21) of bone marrow cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports