Background: Castleman disease is a rare condition characterised by polytypic lymphocytes proliferation and lymphadenopathy generally with a benign course. Whereas high grade lymphoma (Richter syndrome) is a classical complication seen in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia with a poor outcome, benign conditions mimicking this entity are infrequent.
Case Description: We describe the case of an 81-year-old Caucasian male who developed a human herpesvirus-8 (HHV-8)-negative, idiopathic multicentric Castleman disease (iMCD) following a treated Binet C chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL).
Introduction: TEMPI syndrome is a rare and acquired condition which is characterized by five classical features: telangiectasias, erythrocytosis with elevated erythropoietin, monoclonal gammopathy, perinephric fluid collections, and intrapulmonary shunting. The classical treatment is based on bortezomib which can achieve variable responses. Relapse or refractory disease may occur, so other treatment strategies can be proposed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFParasitic infections by Cryptosporidium species are rare but can be life-threatening disease after allogeneic stem-cell transplantation (allo-SCT). Here, we reported a case of cryptosporidiosis occurring after a reduced-intensity conditioning and allo-SCT in a 64-year-old farmer with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Around day 70 after allo-SCT, he presented with diarrhea attributed to graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) and was treated with immunosuppressive therapy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFElranatamab is a humanized B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA)-CD3 bispecific antibody. In the ongoing phase 2 MagnetisMM-3 trial, patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma received subcutaneous elranatamab once weekly after two step-up priming doses. After six cycles, persistent responders switched to biweekly dosing.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: We explored the potential overall survival (OS) benefit of bleomycin, etoposide, doxorubicin (Adriamycin), cyclophosphamide, vincristine (Oncovin), procarbazine, and prednisone (BEACOPP) over doxorubicin (Adriamycin), bleomycin, vinblastine, and dacarbazine (ABVD) in a pooled analysis of four randomized trials.
Patients And Methods: Primary objective was to evaluate the OS impact of BEACOPP using individual patient data. Secondary objectives were progression-free survival (PFS), secondary cancers, and use of autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT).
Combined modality treatment has been the standard option for the treatment of early stage Hodgkin lymphoma for several decades. Because of the high success rate and the risk of late toxicities, recent clinical trials have focused on reducing the treatment burden. Field and dose of radiotherapy, and number of cycles of chemotherapy have been successfully reduced, particularly for favourable early stage patients.
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