Infantile fibrosarcoma - an important differential diagnosis of congenital vascular tumors.

abstract：:A 2-year-old girl with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) showing a t(4;11)(q21;q23) karyotype underwent allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT) with the conditioning regimen of L-PAM (70 mg/m2/d for 3 days), busulfan (140 mg/m2/d for 2 days), and total body irradiation (12 Gy). On day 57, the patient developed p...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Takanashi M,Hibi S,Todo S,Sawada T,Tsunamoto K,Imashuku S

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute basophilic leukemia is a distinct entity of Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) with primary differentiation to basophils. Increased basophil count has been described in AML cases with translocation t(6;9)(p23;q34) or other chromosomal abnormalities. We describe a 15-year old female teenager with AML and excess periphe...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Servitzoglou M,Grenzelia M,Baka M,Harisi M,Pourtsidis A,Bouhoutsou D,Varvoutsi M,Doganis D,Dana H,Divane A,Kosmidis H

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A single institution's experience of three patients with nephroblastoma extending via the inferior vena cava to the right heart is described. The case reports and the pertinent literature illustrate that preoperative failure to detect the intracardial extension increases the risk of right outflow obstruction and pulmo...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Kremens B,Sadony V,Goepel M,Hellinger A,Havers W

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To standardize diagnosis and treatment of childhood Wilms tumor (WT) in Turkey. METHODS AND PATIENTS:Between 1998 and 2006, WT patients were registered from 19 centers. Patients <16 years with unilateral WT whose treatment started in first postoperative 3 weeks were included. Treatments were stage I favorable (FH)...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Akyüz C,Yalçin B,Yildiz I,Hazar V,Yörük A,Tokuç G,Akici F,Büyükpamukçu N,Kale G,Atahan L,Büyükünal C,Dervişoğlu S,Atkovar GA,Melikoğlu M,Karpuzoğlu G,Olgun N,Ayan I,Oğuz A,Yariş N,Dağdemir A,Darendeliler E,Sande

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of a 4-year-old girl with pleuropulmonary blastoma is reported. Surgical resection of the tumor was performed and histologic examination revealed pleuropulmonary blastoma with rhabdomyosarcomatous differentiation. Postoperative chemotherapy was administered and 3 weeks after initiation of treatment protocol a s...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Perdikogianni C,Stiakaki E,Danilatou V,Delides G,Kalmanti M

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 3-year-old boy presented with recurrent strokes and pallor. Hematological investigations revealed severe iron deficiency anemia without thrombocytosis. The magnetic resonance angiogragraphy findings were suggestive of moyamoya syndrome. The association of moyamoya syndrome with severe iron deficiency anemia has not ...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Meena SS,Ramkumar TV,Sharma S,Aneja S,Kumar A

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Few studies have been performed during adolescents' cancer treatment to evaluate its interference on health-related quality of life (HRQL). The purpose of this prospective cohort study was to evaluate adolescents' HRQL during cancer treatment. The Health Utilities Index (HUI) was used for scoring. Forty-five individua...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Rodrigues KE,Machado ST,Ferreira MA,Martins TF,Viana MB,Oliveira BM

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A discussion of a 5-year-old child with congenital hemolytic anemia and severe hypotonia caused by triosephosphate (TPI) deficiency is presented. The complexities in the diagnosis and management of this condition is discussed and the relevant literature is reviewed. ...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Linarello RE,Shetty AK,Thomas T,Warrier RP

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated serum C-reactive protein (CRP) level and serum sodium concentration as early indicators of bacteremia in neutropenic children in two different series in 1983-1984 (49 bacteremias) and 1989-1990 (29 bacteremias). During the earlier period, the goal was to avoid unnecessary antimicrobial therapy. Currently ...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Riikonen P,Saarinen UM,Perkkiö M,Hovi L,Siimes MA

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Breastfeeding is well-known to have a protective effect against infection in infants. It has been suggested that breast milk may play a role in the prevention of certain childhood cancer. We investigated this issue in a case-control study comprising 300 patients with childhood cancer. There was 73 patients (24.3%) wit...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Küçükçongar A,Oğuz A,Pınarlı FG,Karadeniz C,Okur A,Kaya Z,Çelik B

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twelve cases of neuroblastoma (NB) (7 boys and 5 girls) and 4 cases of primitive peripheral neuroectodermal tumor (PNET) (3 boys and 1 girl) were investigated for the presence of apoptosis and retinoic acid receptor (RAR) by immunhistochemical method. The apoptotic index in NB was zero or 1% in 8 children and relative...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Farid P,Babosa M,Hauser P,Schuler D,Szende B

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the mid-1960s intrathecal chemotherapy (methotrexate [MTX], cytarabine [Ara-C], or both, plus hydrocortisone) has constituted the standard approach to prophylaxis and treatment of central nervous system (CNS) leukemia and lymphoma. Intrathecal chemotherapy-related neurotoxicity has been described in a variable p...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： García-Tena J,López-Andreu JA,Ferrís J,Menor F,Mulas F,Millet E,Verdeguer A

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Preclinical studies show that TLR9 agonists can eradicate leukemia by induction of immune responses in vivo against AML and ALL. These studies demonstrated that TLR9 agonists induce an immediate NK response followed by adaptive T and B cells responses resulting in long term anti-leukemia immunity. Methods:...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Ronsley R,Kariminia A,Ng B,Mostafavi S,Reid G,Subrt P,Hijiya N,Schultz KR

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The third International Conference on Immunotherapy in Pediatric Oncology was held in Frankfurt/Main, Germany, October 1-2, 2012. Major topics of the conference included (i) cellular therapies using antigen-specific and gene-modified T cells for targeting leukemia and pediatric solid tumors; (ii) overcoming hurdles an...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Brehm C,Huenecke S,Pfirrmann V,Rossig C,Mackall CL,Bollard CM,Gottschalk S,Schlegel PG,Klingebiel T,Bader P

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Hungarian Pediatric Oncology Working Group intended to change the practice of prescribing diagnostic tests as well as to examine the possibility of introducing indicators about the time factors of medical care. A nationwide accepted protocol was established for these tests. The examined time factors were the lengt...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Pásztélyi Z,Schuler D,Czvenits E

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) is a rare genetically determined immunodeficiency. Neutrophils from CGD patients show a defective killing of phagocytosed fungi and bacteria, due not only to an impairment in oxidative burst, but also to absence of normal pH value within phagocytic vacuole following phagocytosis. Be...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Granzotto M,Leone V,Lepore L,Zerial M,Tommasini A,Ciambra R,Gombac F,Ventura A

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Indoor radiation, especially radon exposure, has been in focus in the public domain during the past several years. The growing concern among parents of children with cancer possibly having high radiation levels in their homes led us to study the levels of gamma- and alpha-radiation levels in the homes of a group of ch...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Stjernfeldt M,Samuelsson L,Ludvigsson J

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the outcome of 27 children with de novo acute megakaryoblastic leukemia (AMKL) (excluding Down syndrome) enrolled in the French multicenter prospective study ELAM02 (2005-2011). There was no difference in gender, initial leukocyte count, CNS involvement, and complete remission rate (88.9%), as compared to ot...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Teyssier AC,Lapillonne H,Pasquet M,Ballerini P,Baruchel A,Ducassou S,Fenneteau O,Petit A,Cuccuini W,Ragu C,Preudhomme C,Mercher T,Sirvent N,Leverger G

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant rhabdoid tumors (MRT) of soft tissues are aggressive tumors, which can be detected in almost any part of the body. MRT are rare, and very few cases have been reported in the literature. Prognosis of these tumors is extremely poor despite intensive therapy. Some risk factors such as young age or disseminated ...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Hernández-Marqués C,Lassaletta A,Cormenzana M,García-Esparza E,Madero-López L

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effectiveness of the different pharmacological agents and different doses of systemic corticosteroids was analyzed. A total of 1109 patients (median age 8 months; F/M: 2.3) with hemangioma, followed up in our unit for 23 years, were evaluated retrospectively. Forty-five of them received systemic corticosteroids. T...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Akyüz C,Yariş N,Kutluk MT,Büyükpamukçu M

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Invasive aspergillosis is a fungal infection that is being observed increasingly in immunocompromised patients due to the use of more aggressive chemotherapeutic regimens. To our knowledge, no case of pneumothorax and pneumopericardium associated with invasive pulmonary aspergillosis has been reported to date. High-do...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Merino JM,Díaz MA,Ramírez M,Ruano D,Madero L

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is a pilot study performed to determine the maximum tolerated number of courses of high-dose thiotepa and carboplatin with autologous peripheral blood progenitor cell (PBPC) transplantation in poor-risk pediatric central nervous system (CNS) tumor patients. Twelve patients were enrolled and a total of 24 PBPC tra...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Ozkaynak MF,Sandoval C,Levendoglu-Tugal O,Jayabose S

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An 11-year-old girl with hereditary factor-VII deficiency and her family have been studied for factor VII coagulation activity (VII:C) and factor VII antigen level (VII:Ag). The proband had 11% VII:C, whereas her VII:Ag was at a level that corresponds to about 50% coagulation activity. Forty-two members of the proband...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Svendsen J,Osterud B

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Focal nodular hyperplasia (FNH) of the liver is rare in children, and it is usually diagnosed through a biopsy of the liver or hepatectomy. The authors report a case of a 10-year-old girl with multiple focal nodular hyperplasia lesions of the liver after the completion of tumor therapy for advanced neuroblastoma, and ...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Sugito K,Kusafuka T,Kawashima H,Uekusa S,Furuya T,Ohashi K,Inoue M,Ikeda T,Koshinaga T,Maebayashi T

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:All pediatric osteosarcomas treated in our hospital between 1985 and 1995 were reviewed. There were 26 patients, 15 males and 11 females, aged 20 or less at diagnosis. All had limb primaries. Nineteen patients had localized disease and seven presented with metastases. Intensive multiagent chemotherapy was given both p...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Kwong DL,Ha SY,Chau KY,Choi PH,Chan GC,Kwong PW,Lau YL

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although most common in tropical regions, population migration has meant that sickle cell disease is now one of the most prevalent genetic diseases worldwide. The issues and challenges faced by physicians and patients have been discussed by an international group of experts representing 4 key regions: the USA, Europe,...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Vichinsky EP,Ohene-Frempong K,Thein SL,Lobo CL,Inati A,Thompson AA,Smith-Whitley K,Kwiatkowski JL,Swerdlow PS,Porter JB,Marks PW

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of angioimmunoblastic lymphadenopathy with dysproteinemia (AILD) in infancy is reported. The disease had a mild onset with generalized lymphadenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly, thrombocytopenia, polyclonal hypergammaglobulinemia, and T-cell deficiency. The AILD course lasted more than 100 months, alternating clinica...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： de Terlizzi M,Toma MG,Santostasi T,Colella R,Ceci A,De Benedictis G

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Down syndrome (DS) is an important risk factor associated with acute leukemia (AL). The presence of polymorphisms that reduce 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) activity has been linked to the multifactorial leukemogenic process. The authors have conducted a study to test whether 677C-->T and/or 1298A-->...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Amorim MR,Zanrosso CW,Magalhães IQ,Pereira SC,Figueiredo A,Emerenciano M,Pinheiro VR,d'Andréa ML,Orioli IM,Koifman S,Pombo-de-Oliveira MS

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Intravenous (IV) ferric iron (Fe)-carbohydrate complexes are used for treating Fe deficiency in children with iron-refractory iron-deficiency anemia (IRIDA). An optimal treatment has yet to be determined. There are relatively little publications on the responsiveness to IV iron therapy in children with IRIDA...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Akin M,Atay E,Oztekin O,Karadeniz C,Karakus YT,Yilmaz B,Erdogan F

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary bone marrow lymphoma (PBML) is hard to diagnose in children, due to the difficult identification of malignant cells in bone marrow. The first case, a 5-year-old boy, showed knee swelling with an intermittent fever. The second case, a 12-year-old girl, showed fever of unknown origin without lymphadenopathy or h...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Moritani K,Nakano N,Yonezawa S,Ochi F,Tauchi H,Eguchi-Ishimae M,Eguchi M,Ishii E,Nagai K

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00