Extramedullary recurrences with or without bone marrow involvement are reported in up to a half of leukemic relapses after BMT. Our report describes a case of an extramedullary recurrence and breast relapse after second-allografting in a female patient with Ph+-acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), occurring when there was active hepatic GHVD. This case illustrates the complex relationship between graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) and graft-versus-leukemia since she had no evidence of leukemia in her marrow demonstrating 100% full-donor chimerism while she had ALL relapse in her breast.
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December 2024
Department of Pathology, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India. Electronic address:
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Neuroradiology, Instituto Português de Oncologia do Porto Francisco Gentil, Porto, PRT.
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Advanced Eye Centre, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
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Department of Hematology, Agadir Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Agadir, MAR.
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Department of Radiology, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea. Electronic address:
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