Delayed Chest Closure in Adult Living-donor Lobar Lung Transplantation-A Case Report.

Delayed chest closure (DCC) is a useful technique in cases with oversized lung grafts, pulmonary edema, and hemodynamic instability. Anatomically oversized lung grafts are potentially problematic in pediatric living-donor lobar lung transplantation (LDLLT), but rarely in an adult LDLLT. We experienced a case of anatomically oversized grafts in the adult LDLLT requiring DCC, although the grafts provided only 57.

Severe ventilator-associated pneumonia caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and other pathogens: report of a case successfully managed by serial surveillance cultures of endotracheal aspirates.

Severe ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) developed in a patient with acute respiratory distress syndrome. After tracheostomy, the patient was treated with antibiotic therapy guided by serial surveillance cultures of endotracheal aspirates. According to the result of the culture, the suitable antibiotic targeting the pathogen (e.

Blast phase of chronic myeloid leukemia presenting lymphoid phenotype with a chronic phase of extremely short duration.

Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is generally diagnosed in the chronic phase. We have recently encountered two CML-blastic phase (BP) cases, a 71-year-old woman and a 74-year-old man, who resembled de novo acute leukemia. The complete blood count was normal at least 11 and 13 months before the presentation, respectively.

Therapy-related leukemia following chemoradiotherapy for esophageal cancer.

Chemoradiotherapy has improved the outcome of patients with esophageal cancer. Although a sufficiently long-time survival has resulted in the increase of several treatment-related late toxicities, little is still known about the incidence of secondary malignancies. In our hospital, 348 patients with esophageal cancer received chemotherapy consisting of nedaplatin and 5-fluorouracil and concurrent irradiation.

[Prevention of hepatitis B virus reactivation in B-cell lymphoma patients receiving chemotherapy with rituximab].

Reactivation of hepatitis B virus (HBV) has been recognized as one of the most serious complications in patients receiving chemotherapy with rituximab. From October 2007 to December 2008, rituximab was administered to 123 B-cell lymphoma patients in our institute. Four patients with positive hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) received preemptive entecavir, and none of them developed HBV reactivation.

[T-cell granular lymphocyte-proliferative disorder without severe infection for 13 years despite severe neutropenia].

A 68-year-old woman was referred to Oami Hospital for severe leukocytopenia. Laboratory data revealed severe leukocytopenia (0.8x10(9)/l), severe neutropenia (0.

[Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma in a patient on hemodialysis-resistance to CHOP, but unexpected effect and remission achieved by sobuzoxane alone].

A 66-year-old man, on thrice-weekly hemodialysis for 7 years, was referred to Chiba Cancer Center Hospital in August 2006 because of a left axillary tumor. Computed tomography revealed several enlarged lymph nodes assembling at the left axilla. The serum soluble IL-2 receptor was 47,500 U/mL, and HTLV-1 antibody was positive.

[Hepatitis B virus reactivation after cessation of prophylactic lamivudine therapy in B-cell lymphoma patients treated with rituximab combined CHOP therapy].

Here we report three cases of hepatitis B virus (HBV) reactivation after cessation of preemptive lamivudine therapy in B-cell lymphoma patients treated with rituximab plus CHOP (R-CHOP). Two patients received eight cycles of R-CHOP, and one received two cycles of R-CHOP followed by two courses of rituximab. As all the patients were HBV surface antigen (HBsAg) positive, lamivudine was administered simultaneously with R-CHOP to prevent virus reactivation.

[Antibiotic-associated diarrhea due to Clostridium perfringens].

A 40-year-old man undergoing allo-hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for chronic myelogenous leukemia and developing diarrhea was administered prophylactic antibiotics including levofloxacin, fluconazole, cotrimoxazole, and vancomycin. Stool specimens were positive for toxin A in enzyme immunoassay but negative for toxin B in cell culture assay with a neutralization test, indicating that toxin A detection was false-positive. Stool culture yielded enterotoxin producing Clostridium perfringens, not Clostridium difficile.

[Hepatic hilus extramedullary plasmacytoma diagnosed by endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) biopsy in a relapsed multiple myeloma].

We report a rare case of multiple myeloma that developed extramedullary plasmacytoma at the hilus of the liver causing obstructive jaundice. Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) biopsy was quite useful in the diagnosis. A 71-year-old man was diagnosed with stage IIIA multiple myeloma in June 2007 based on osteolytic lesions, increased atypical plasma cells in the bone marrow, and monoclonal (M) protein of IgA-lambda, IgG-lambda, BJP-lambda type.

[Complete response achieved after rituximab plus CHOP therapy in a patient with rapidly progressing Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia].

A 62-year-old man presented with lymphocytosis, anemia, thrombocytopenia, abdominal lymphadenopathies, and gross splenomegaly. He had a high serum immunoglobulin M (IgM) of 1,150 mg/dl and IgM-kappa type monoclonal protein was detected. Bone marrow examination demonstrated massive infiltration of CD19+CD20+CD5-CD10-CD23-lymphoplasmacytic cells, and the diagnosis of Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia (WM) was made.

Autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in extranodal natural killer/T cell lymphoma: a multinational, multicenter, matched controlled study.

Extranodal natural killer (NK)/T cell lymphoma, nasal type, is a recently recognized distinct entity and the most common type of non-B cell extranodal lymphoma in Asia. This retrospective analysis studied the potential survival benefits of hematopoeitic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) compared with a historical control group. A total of 47 patients from 3 previously published series of HSCT were matched according to NK/T cell lymphoma International Prognostic Index (NKIPI) risk groups and disease status at transplantation with 107 patients from a historical control group for analysis.

Fatal fulminant Clostridium difficile colitis during CHOP therapy for lymphoma: an autopsy case.

Although Clostridium difficile colitis is a common problem during chemotherapy, fulminant expression is rarely observed. Here, we describe a 68-year-old woman who developed fatal colitis due to Clostridium difficile infection. The patient was treated with CHOP therapy for relapsed lymphoma.

Expression of the fetal-oncogenic fibroblast growth factor-8/17/18 subfamily in human hematopoietic tumors.

The fibroblast growth factors (FGFs) are involved in hematopoiesis and tumorigenesis. However, little is known about the contribution of the FGFs identified within the past 10 years to leukemogenesis. To elucidate whether these FGFs (FGF-8, -9, -10, -11, -12, -13, -14, -16, -17, -18, -19, -20, and -21) are expressed in leukemic cells, we performed RT-PCR analyses using 28 cell lines.

Therapy-related myelodysplastic syndrome with trisomy 1q due to der(1;7) and megakaryoblastic proliferation developing during complete remission of therapy-related acute myeloid leukemia with t(8;21).

Therapy-related acute myeloid leukemia (t-AML) with t(8;21) and therapy-related myelodysplastic syndrome (t-MDS) with trisomy 1q due to der(1;7) developed in the same patient with T-cell lymphoma at intervals of six years. After the development of t-MDS with trisomy 1q, during complete remission of t-AML, the number of megakaryoblasts increased to maximally 74% of leukocytes in the blood. This is a very rare case of two separate therapy-related myeloid malignancies (early t-AML and late t-MDS) and is also a notable case of t-MDS with trisomy 1q due to der(1;7) accompanied by megakaryoblastic proliferation.

[A nosocomial outbreak of diarrhea caused by toxin A-negative, toxin B-positive Clostridium difficile in a cancer center hospital].

Between February and July 2001, 15 patients were diagnosed as Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea in a ward of hematological neoplasm and lung cancer in a cancer center hospital. Of these 15 patients, 10 had malignant lymphoma, and 12 and 11 had exposure to antimicrobial agents and cancer chemotherapy, respectively, before the onset of diarrhea. Toxin A-positive, toxin B-positive (A+ B+) C.