Multiple myeloma in younger patients: the role of age as prognostic factor.

abstract：:Evaluation of bone marrow involvement (BMI) by conventional bone marrow biopsy (BMB) can generate false-negative results if marrow disease is focal. The sensitivity of 18F-2-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (FDG-PET/CT) in assessing BMI in extranodal NK/T cell lymphoma (ENKL) h...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Zhou Z,Chen C,Li X,Li Z,Zhang X,Chang Y,Lu L,Cui Y,Ma Y,Zhang M

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eight patients who were carriers of beta-thalassemia induced by the cd121 (G-->T) mutation are described in four nonrelated Dutch families. This mutant, which is considered rare and inherited in a dominant manner, is expressed in a different way among each of the four families and even among carriers of the same famil...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Giordano PC,Harteveld CL,Michiels JJ,Terpstra W,Schelfhout LJ,Appel IM,Batelaan D,van Delft P,Plug RJ,Bernini LF

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Marked polyclonal immunoglobulin (Ig)G4 hypergammaglobulinemia has exceptionally been reported. Here we report on two Algerian patients who presented a syndrome characterized by anemia, plasmacytic lymphadenopathy, renal manifestations, and a marked polyclonal IgG4 hypergammaglobulinemia leading to a hyperviscosity sy...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Boulanger E,Fuentes V,Meignin V,Mougenot B,Labaume S,Gouilleux-Gruart V,Cogné M,Aucouturier P,Clauvel JP,Ronco P,Lassoued K

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The appropriate management of patients with moderate aplastic anemia (mAA) remains to be unclear and controversial. A cohort of 118 patients with mAA received a novel immunosuppressive strategy of cyclosporine alternately combined with levamisole (CSA and LMS regimen), which included 42 newly diagnosed and 76 chronic ...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Li X,Shao Y,Ge M,Shi J,Huang J,Huang Z,Zhang J,Nie N,Zheng Y

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isocitrate dehydrogenase IDH 1 and IDH 2 mutations were reported in several cancer forms, especially in hematological malignancies, but were never been investigated in familial aggregation. The aim of this study is to determine whether germline isocitrate dehydrogenase genes mutations are involved.We targeted IDH1 and...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Hamadou WS,Bourdon V,Létard S,Brenet F,Laarif S,Besbes S,Paci A,David M,Penard-Lacronique V,Youssef YB,Laatiri MA,Eisinger F,Mari V,Gesta P,Dreyfus H,Bonadona V,Dugast C,Zattara H,Faivre L,Noguchi T,Khélif A,Sal

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebrovascular disease resulting in stroke is a serious and preventable complication of sickle cell anaemia (SCA). Children at high risk of preventable stroke can be identified by transcranial Doppler ultrasound (TCD). Current guidelines in the UK recommend annual TCD screening from 3 years, although studies suggest ...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Roberts L,O'Driscoll S,Dick MC,Height SE,Deane C,Goss DE,Pohl K,Rees DC

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Indolent primary cutaneous B cell lymphomas (PCBCL) generally have a good prognosis, but they often relapse leading in some cases to extracutaneous disease and therefore, to poor survival. We developed a prognostic model to improve the therapeutic approach to these lymphomas. Two hundred and seventeen patients with di...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Mian M,Marcheselli L,Luminari S,Federico M,Cantonetti M,Sarris AH,Rossi A,Rambaldi A,Frontani M,Devizzi L,Gianni AM,Busetto M,Berti E,Martinelli G,Tsang RW,Ferreri AJ,Pinotti G,Pogliani E,Zucca E,Cortelazzo S

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:FLT3 and its ligand (FL) are one of the regulators of normal hematopoiesis. Ligand-independent activation of FLT3 occurs in about 30% of acute myeloid leukemia cases and is one goal for selectively targeted therapies. However, the function of FLT3/FL in the regulation of non-malignant immature hematopoietic cells is p...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Weisel KC,Yildirim S,Schweikle E,Kanz L,Möhle R

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of disseminated infection with Fusarium oxysporum following chemotherapy of acute myelogenous leukemia is reported. Antifungal treatment was successful with a 13-day course of oral terbinafine 250 mg t.i.d. in combination with amphotericin B deoxycholate 1.0-1.5 mg/kg qd and subsequently intravenous liposomal a...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Rothe A,Seibold M,Hoppe T,Seifert H,Engert A,Caspar C,Karthaus M,Fätkenheuer G,Bethe U,Tintelnot K,Cornely OA

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Establishing reference ranges by multiparametric immunophenotyping of mature B cells in bone marrow of healthy adults is of interest because the detection of bone marrow infiltration and persistence of light chain restriction, as well as discrimination between reactive and malignant lymphocytes are important applicati...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Höffkes HG,Schmidtke G,Schmücker U,Uppenkamp M,Brittinger G

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro studies suggest that haploinsufficiency is involved in the pathogenesis of myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). In patients with del5q cytogenetic abnormality, RPS-14 and microRNAs (miRNAs) play a major role. In a multicenter phase II single-arm trial with lenalidomide in anemic primary del5q MDS patients with lo...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Oliva EN,Cuzzola M,Aloe Spiriti MA,Poloni A,Laganà C,Rigolino C,Morabito F,Galimberti S,Ghio R,Cortelezzi A,Palumbo GA,Sanpaolo G,Finelli C,Ricco A,Volpe A,Rodà F,Breccia M,Alimena G,Nobile F,Latagliata R

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (allo-HCT) remains the only curative treatment option for myelofibrosis (MF) despite the emergence of novel targeted therapies. To reduce graft rejection and graft-versus-host disease (GvHD), current allo-HCT protocols often include in vivo T lymphocyte depletion using pol...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Ecsedi M,Schmohl J,Zeiser R,Drexler B,Halter J,Medinger M,Duyster J,Kanz L,Passweg J,Finke J,Bethge W,Lengerke C

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hematopoietic chimerism can be used as a tool for patient management after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). An increase in the proportion of recipient cells after transplantation is strongly associated with relapse in chronic myeloid leukemia. However, in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) the sign...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Waterhouse M,Bertz H,Finke J

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:t(8;16)(p11.2;p13.3)/KAT6A-CREBBP is a rare recurrent cytogenetic abnormality associated with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). We report 15 cases with t(8;16)(p11.2;p13.3). All patients were adult and had AML: 13 women and 2 men, with a median age of 50 years. Ten patients had a history of malignancy and received cytotox...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Xie W,Hu S,Xu J,Chen Z,Medeiros LJ,Tang G

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autoantibody against erythrocytes has occasionally been observed in patients with de novo acute myelocytic leukemia (AML). However, it is not clear whether this autoantibody in AML patients induces frank hemolysis (autoimmune hemolytic anemia, AIHA), as seen in lymphoid neoplasms. We present two de novo AML patients w...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Tamura H,Ogata K,Yokose N,An E,Kamikubo K,Dan K,Kajii E,Nomura T

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The impact of intraocular involvement (IOL) in primary CNS lymphoma (PCNSL) has not been sufficiently evaluated. Here, we present the analysis of IOL in the only completed randomized phase III trial in PCNSL. The G-PCNSL-SG1 study evaluated the role of whole-brain radiotherapy in primary therapy of PCNSL. Data of the ...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Kreher S,Strehlow F,Martus P,Roth P,Hertenstein B,Röth A,Birnbaum T,Griesinger F,Rauch M,Kanz L,Thiel E,Weller M,Korfel A

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many studies have confirmed that overexpressed WT1 exists in leukemic cells, especially in AML. However, the immunophenotypic features of this sort of leukemic cells remain to be unclarified. We retrospectively analyzed the immunophenotype of 283 newly diagnosed AML patients with intermediated and poor cytogenetic ris...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Wang XR,Chang Y,Yuan XY,Wang YZ,Qin YZ,Ruan GR,Lai YY,Liu YR

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytomegalovirus (CMV) can cause end-organ diseases including pneumonia, gastroenteritis, retinitis, and encephalitis in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation recipients. Potential differences among different CMV diseases remain uncertain. This study aimed to compare the clinical characteristics, risk factors, and mo...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Meng XY,Fu HX,Zhu XL,Wang JZ,Liu X,Yan CH,Zhang YY,Mo XD,Wang Y,Han W,Chen YH,Chen DB,Liu HX,Chang YJ,Xu LP,Liu KY,Huang XJ,Zhang XH

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three adolescents with central nervous system (CNS) negative acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) refused cranial irradiation for CNS prophylaxis. Instead, these patients received four doses of 50 mg of intrathecal (IT) liposomal cytarabine on day 1, 15, 43 and 71 of maintenance therapy. Corticosteroids were given to prevent...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Sommer C,Lackner H,Benesch M,Sovinz P,Schwinger W,Moser A,Bergloeff J,Gruber A,Urban C

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydroxyurea is a drug widely used to control myeloproliferative disorders, due in part to its relative lack of severe side effects. We present a case of acute interstitial pneumonitis in a patient who was treated with hydroxyurea for essential thrombocythemia. The clinical course suggests that the interstitial pneumon...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Quintás-Cardama A,Pérez-Encinas M,Gonzalez S,Bendaña A,Bello JL

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The most common causes of morbidity and mortality in myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN) are thrombotic and hemorrhagic complications. The JAK2V617F mutation, commonly found in MPN, correlates with several clinical and laboratory characteristics even if the relevance of JAK2V617F allele burden in the natural history of...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Bertozzi I,Bogoni G,Biagetti G,Duner E,Lombardi AM,Fabris F,Randi ML

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic idiopathic neutropenia (CIN) has been well recognized as a granulocytic disorder not associated with increased risk to malignant transformation. Four cases, however, of acute myeloid leukemia have been recently reported in patients with CIN. In the current paper, we report on a CIN patient who developed acute ...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Papadaki HA,Kosteas T,Gemetzi C,Damianaki A,Anagnou NP,Eliopoulos GD

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (rhG-CSF) and erythropoietin (rhE-PO) were used to treat ten patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). None of the patients showed a favorable response in erythrocyte and platelet counts following 10 weeks' treatment, although favorable responses in neutroph...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Imamura M,Kobayashi M,Kobayashi S,Yoshida K,Mikuni C,Ishikawa Y,Matsumoto S,Sakamaki S,Niitsu Y,Hinoda Y

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, the immunologic abnormalities of Iranian beta-thalassemia major patients were characterized, considering their clinical parameters including splenectomy status and iron overload. Serum samples and peripheral blood mononuclear cells were collected from 28 patients and 30 age- and sex-matched healthy indi...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Gharagozloo M,Karimi M,Amirghofran Z

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-dose chemotherapy with autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (PBSCT) includes the risk of infectious complications due to neutropenia and therapy-induced immune deviation. In order to understand early immune recovery in this situation, we analyzed the distribution of cell subsets by flow cytometry...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Krause SW,Rothe G,Gnad M,Reichle A,Andreesen R

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although B chronic lymphocytic leukemia (B-CLL) cells express the alpha chain of the interleukin-2 (IL-2) receptor CD25, little is known about the effect of IL-2 on apoptosis in B-CLL cells. We have shown previously that stimulation of B-CLL cells with a CpG-oligonucleotide induces IL-2 high affinity receptors. In our...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Decker T,Bogner C,Oelsner M,Peschel C,Ringshausen I

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 24-year-old woman with a large cell anaplastic CD 30-positive T-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) developed downbeat nystagmus, anisocoria, and oscillopsia. Prior to overt cerebral invasion by NHL, she had a thiamine deficiency with very low thiamine concentrations in the CSF, probably caused by protracted vomiting ...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Mulder AH,Raemaekers JM,Boerman RH,Mattijssen V

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Indolent follicular lymphomas are diseases which are generally incurable with conventional therapy. Although patients can survive for prolonged periods, the median duration of first remissions is about 2.5 years, and subsequent remissions progressively shorten with time. High-dose therapy with hematopoietic stem cell ...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Friedberg JW,Freedman AS

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To characterize T-cell large granular leukemia in Asia, 22 Chinese patients from a single institute were reported, together with an analysis of 88 Asian and 272 Western patients identified from the literature. In our cohort, anemia due to pure red cell aplasia (PRCA) occurred in 15/22 (68%) of cases, being the most co...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Kwong YL,Au WY,Leung AY,Tse EW

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Established risk factors for thrombosis in essential thrombocythemia (ET) include age (≥ 60 years) and previous vascular events. Recently, also leukocytosis has been proposed in risk stratification of ET patients. We report a retrospective study on 532 ET patients followed for a median of 7.6 years. Sixty-four patient...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Palandri F,Polverelli N,Catani L,Ottaviani E,Baccarani M,Vianelli N

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00