VS38 staining contributes to a novel gating strategy in flow cytometry for small B cell lymphoma, especially in lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma/Waldenström macroglobulinemia.

Background: Multi-parametric flow cytometry (MFC) is a helpful tool for detecting neoplastic cells in malignant lymphoma; however, lymphoma cells can be difficult to detect when characteristic immunophenotypic abnormalities are not evident. We evaluated the stainability of VS38, which is used for multiple myeloma, in normal and abnormal B cells using MFC to develop a new strategy for detecting lymphoma cells.

Methods: We compared the median fluorescence intensity of VS38 staining in lymphocytes from patients without hematopoietic neoplasms and in B cells from 26 patients with B cell lymphoma (BCL).

Pre- and post-transplant ponatinib for a patient with acute megakaryoblastic blast phase chronic myeloid leukemia with T315I mutation who underwent allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

A 42-year-old female complaining of fever and night sweats was diagnosed with acute megakaryoblastic blast phase chronic myeloid leukemia (CML-BP). She had massive splenomegaly, left pleural effusion with leukemia infiltration, and moderate myelofibrosis. She received dasatinib monotherapy (140 mg/day) as for induction, after which her pleural effusion rapidly resolved and hematological remission was achieved.

[Rapidly progressive autoimmune pancytopenia successfully treated with steroids].

A 73-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital because of pancytopenia. Bone marrow aspiration showed increased cellularity with no dysplastic change. Laboratory tests revealed increased reticulated erythrocytes and reticulated platelets, positive direct Coombs test, and hemolysis.

Successful Treatment of TAFRO Syndrome, a Variant of Multicentric Castleman's Disease, with Cyclosporine A: Possible Pathogenetic Contribution of Interleukin-2.

Multicentric Castleman's disease is a systemic inflammatory disorder characterized by lymphadenopathy and excessive interleukin-6 production. A unique clinicopathologic variant of multicentric Castleman's disease, TAFRO (i.e.