Persistent remission after immunosuppressive therapy of hairy cell leukemia mimicking aplastic anemia: two case reports.

abstract：:Acquired sideroblastic anaemia may be related to drugs and other chemicals that inhibit the activity of mitochondrial enzymes involved in haem synthesis. We report a case of secondary acquired sideroblastic anaemia following administration of triethylene tetramine dihydrochloride (trientine), a second-line copper-chel...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Perry AR,Pagliuca A,Fitzsimons EJ,Mufti GJ,Williams R

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurological complications in thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) are associated with poor prognosis and/or permanent damage. We report a young woman in whom the diagnosis of TTP was difficult because cardinal manifestations were absent at presentation. The patient relapsed, showing severe and dramatic neurologi...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Rabkin Y,Fradin Z,Zeidman A,Schwartz A,Cohen A,Mittelman M

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report an unusual dermatological reaction to bortezomib in a 61-year-old man with AL amyloidosis. Systemic AL amyloidosis is a rare complication of monoclonal gammopathy or myeloma in which abnormally unstable free light chains cause fibrillary deposits in organs leading to multisystem disease. The treatment of AL ...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Shah AD,Watts AJ,Mehta AB,Wechalekar AD

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At present, the only 2 treatments that can prolong survival in patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) are allogeneic stem cell transplantation and intensive chemotherapy. Alternatives to myeloablative or conventional chemotherapy include: (1) supportive therapy, (2) stimulation of normal residual hematopoietic p...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Cazzola M

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We retrospectively analyzed 126 acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) patients aged > or =60 years who had all been referred to the same hematological department between 1989 and 1999. In 76 de novo AML cases, 53 patients (median age, 72 years) were treated with combination chemotherapy (CT) for remission induction. Comple...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Iwakiri R,Ohta M,Mikoshiba M,Tsutsumi H,Kumakawa T,Mori M

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) is a highly heterogeneous disease with an unpredictable pattern. CVID appears to have an immunologic and clinical phenotype similar to some hereditary humoral immunodeficiencies, including X-linked lymphoproliferative disease (XLP). The differential diagnosis of CVID and XLP is ...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Aghamohammadi A,Kanegane H,Moein M,Farhoudi A,Pourpak Z,Movahedi M,Gharagozlou M,Zargar AA,Miyawaki T

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm (BPDCN) is a rare subtype of myeloid neoplasm. Clonal evolution in the development of BPDCN remains to be elucidated. In the present study, we examined clonal evolution in a case of BPDCN by analyzing the distribution of gene mutations in tumor cells and non-tumor blood cel...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Suma S,Sakata-Yanagimoto M,Nguyen TB,Hattori K,Sato T,Noguchi M,Nannya Y,Ogawa S,Watanabe R,Fujimoto M,Nakamura N,Kusakabe M,Nishikii H,Kato T,Chiba S

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phagocyte nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) oxidase plays a crucial role in host defense by neutrophils and macrophages. When cells ingest invading microbes, this enzyme becomes activated to reduce molecular oxygen to superoxide, a precursor of microbicidal oxidants, in the phagosome. The catalyt...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Minakami R,Sumimotoa H

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the case of a 62-year-old Japanese woman with relapsed adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL) who was treated with humanized anti-CCR4 monoclonal antibody (KW-0761). Although this antibody was highly effective against refractory ATLL, 6 months after the final KW-0761 infusion, the patient complained of hypox...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Kato K,Miyamoto T,Numata A,Nakaike T,Oka H,Yurino A,Kuriyama T,Mori Y,Yamasaki S,Muta T,Takenaka K,Iwasaki H,Teshima T,Akashi K

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) in chronic phase (CP) had been treated with a syngeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT). Cytogenetic remission was confirmed 3 months later. One year after transplantation, hematological remission persisted while cytogenetic analysis revealed a recurrence of Philadel...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Yano K,Iijima K,Sao H,Kobayashi M

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dyskeratosis congenita (DC) is an inherited disease associated with nail dystrophy, abnormal skin pigmentation, oral leukoplakia, bone marrow failure and a predisposition to cancer. DC is a disease of defective telomere maintenance and patients with DC have very short telomeres. To date, mutations in six genes of telo...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Nishio N,Kojima S

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been reported that Nak(a)-negative platelets lack GP IV. To examine the GP IV genetic defects in Nak(a)-negative platelets, we studied four unrelated Nak(a)-negative subjects by amplifying their GP IV cDNA, which were synthesized from platelet mRNA using the reverse transcriptase/polymerase chain reaction (RT/P...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Kashiwagi H,Honda S,Take H,Mizutani H,Imai Y,Furubayashi T,Tomiyama Y,Kurata Y,Yonezawa T

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acquired aplastic anemia (AA) is considered an immune-mediated disease because approximately 70% of AA patients improve with immunosuppressive therapy. However, little is known about the inciting antigens or the mechanisms responsible for the destruction of hematopoietic stem cells by immune system attack. Recent adva...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Nakao S,Feng X,Sugimori C

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Collection and analysis of information on diseases and post-transplant courses of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients have played important roles in improving therapeutic outcomes in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Efficient, high-quality data collection systems are essential. The introdu...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Atsuta Y

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GATA transcription factors have been shown to play important roles in hematopoiesis. GATA-2 is expressed in stem and progenitor cells, and has been speculated to control the proliferation and maintain the immaturity of these cells. To examine whether the function of GATA-2 is changeable according to the differentiatio...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Harigae H,Okitsu Y,Yokoyama H,Fujiwara T,Inomata M,Takahashi S,Minegishi N,Kaku M,Sasaki T

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 50-year-old woman presented with CML-CP and was initially treated with branded imatinib (Glivec) 400 mg/day. She rapidly achieved a complete hematologic response (CHR), at which point she switched therapy to a copy version of imatinib (Imatib). She received 400 mg/day of Imatib for 3 months, during which time her pl...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Mattar M

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:TAL1/SCL is a prime example of an oncogenic transcription factor that is abnormally expressed in acute leukemia due to the replacement of regulator elements. This gene has also been recognized as an essential regulator of hematopoiesis. TAL1 expression is strictly regulated in a lineage- and stage-specific manner. Suc...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Tan TK,Zhang C,Sanda T

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD8+ cytotoxic T-lymphocytes are major effector cells involved in immunologically specific tumor destruction in vivo, and CD4+ T-cells are essential for controlling this CD8+ T-cell-dependent tumor eradication. The presence of CD4+ T-cells with distinct functional roles has been recognized. The further understanding o...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Shiku H

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed autologous CD34+ stem cell transplantation in 3 patients with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) refractory to conventional treatment. All patients had systemic type JRA. In case 1 (a 3-year-old boy), purified CD34+ cells from bone marrow were transplanted after a preconditioning regimen consisting of cy...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Kishimoto T,Hamazaki T,Yasui M,Sasabe M,Okamura T,Sakata N,Inoue M,Yagi K,Kawa K

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We retrospectively evaluated single-institute outcomes of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) with a reduced-intensity conditioning regimen consisting of fludarabine (125 mg/m²) and melphalan (140 mg/m²) for multiple myeloma. Twenty-three patients (median age: 46 years) were evaluated. Stem ...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Kikuchi T,Mori T,Koda Y,Kohashi S,Kato J,Toyama T,Nakazato T,Aisa Y,Shimizu T,Okamoto S

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a retrospective review of the survival outcome of children with isolated central nervous system (CNS) relapse of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), we identified 79 patients with CNS relapse among the eligible patients enrolled in ALL trials of 3 Japanese pediatric oncology study groups (Japanese Children's Cancer...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Tsurusawa M,Yumura-Yagi K,Ohara A,Hara J,Katano N,Tsuchida M,Japanese Study Groups.

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombinant activated factor VII (rFVIIa) (NovoSeven) is a novel hemostatic agent originally developed to treat bleeding episodes in hemophilic patients with inhibitors against coagulation factors VIII and IX. In recent years, rFVIIa has also been employed for the management of uncontrolled bleeding in a number of con...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Franchini M

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 55-year-old female with stage IVA follicular lymphoma in third complete remission underwent allogeneic peripheral blood stem cell transplantation. Neutrophil engraftment was achieved on day +18; however, platelet counts remained below 10 × 10(3)/µL, necessitating transfusions twice a week for more than 3 months. Bon...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Fujimi A,Kamihara Y,Hashimoto A,Kanisawa Y,Nakajima C,Hayasaka N,Yamada S,Okuda T,Minami S,Ono K,Iyama S,Kato J

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection/reactivation is a serious complication after hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT). The DNA vaccine ASP0113 contains two plasmids encoding CMV antigens (glycoprotein B and tegument phosphoprotein 65) that stimulate humoral and cellular immunity. Between June 2013 and February 2014, A...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Mori T,Kanda Y,Takenaka K,Okamoto S,Kato J,Kanda J,Yoshimoto G,Gondo H,Doi S,Inaba M,Kodera Y

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied a 29-year-old Japanese male patient with factor XI deficiency; we also studied his parents and one sibling. Factor XI coagulation activity and antigen levels were extremely low (less than 1% of normal level) in both the patient and his brother, and they were half the normal levels in both parents. Sequence ...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Kawaguchi T,Koga S,Hongo H,Komiyama Y,Li K,Ishihara S,Horikawa K,Hidaka M,Mitsuya H,Nakakuma H

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The unique feature of paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH), a chronic disease with severe hemolytic anemia, is the presence of a population of blood cells that, being deficient in surface proteins tethered to the membrane through a glycosylphosphatidylinositol molecule, are said to have the PNH phenotype. Therefo...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Luzzatto L,Gianfaldoni G

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 63-year-old man with refractory anemia with excess of blasts in transformation exhibited erythroid hyperplasia, dyserythropoiesis, a del(20q) abnormality, susceptibility to bacterial infections, and a relatively short survival. Phagocytosis of erythrocytes by blast cells was observed. Erythrophagocytosis was also se...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Kuyama J,Fushino M,Take H,Kanayama Y

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vincristine-adriamycin-dexamethasone (VAD) regimen with intermittent high-dose dexamethasone (HD) has been used as primary chemotherapy for multiple myeloma (MM) patients who are candidates for high-dose therapy or present with renal failure. However, dexamethasone increases the risk of infection in MM patients. We re...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Isoda A,Matsumoto M,Nakahashi H,Mawatari M,Manaka A,Sawamura M

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In addition to reduced-intensity conditioning, which has expanded the eligibility for hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) to older patients, increased availability of alternative donors, including HLA-mismatched unrelated donors, has increased access to allogeneic HCT for more patients. However, acute graft-versu...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Maeda Y

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Multiple myeloma (MM) is a systemic disease in the elderly. Its incidence in patients younger than 40 years old and especially in pregnant women is extremely rare. MM may involve extraosseous sites, and only in rare cases it is observed in the breast. CASE REPORT:We describe the case of a 39-year-old woman ...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Bouzguenda R,Khanfir A,Toumi N,Chaaben K,Hentati Y,Ayadi L,Feki W,Daoud J,Frikha M

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00