137
Views
4
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Letters to the Editor

Successful resolution of acute myelogenous leukemia-associated hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis with decitabine

, , &
Pages 341-343 | Received 08 Jul 2010, Accepted 18 Oct 2010, Published online: 10 Dec 2010

References

  • Celkan T, Berrak S, Kazanci E, et al. Malignancy-associated hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in pediatric cases: a multicenter study from Turkey. Turk J Pediatr 2009;51:207–213.
  • Bourquelot P, Bouscary D, Paul G, et al. Hemophagocytic syndrome associated with Bacteroides fragilis infection in a patient with acute monoblastic leukemia. Leuk Lymphoma 1996;22:177–179.
  • Kumar M, Boggino H, Hudnall SD, Velagaleti GV. Acute myeloid leukemia associated with hemophagocytic syndrome and t(4;7)(q21;q36). Cancer Genet Cytogenet 2000;122:26–29.
  • Demirkan F, Vural F, Ozsan GH, Ozcan MA, Oskal S, Undar B. Hemophagocytic syndrome associated with inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone in lymphoma and acute monoblastic leukemia: report of 2 cases. Leuk Lymphoma 2001;42:140–144.
  • Garcia-Suarez J, Banas H, Krsnik I, De Miguel D, Reyes E, Burgaleta C. Hemophagocytic syndrome associated with retinoic acid syndrome in acute promyelocytic leukemia. Am J Hematol 2004;76:172–175.
  • Tadmor T, Vadazs Z, Dar H, Laor R, Attias D. Hemophagocytic syndrome preceding acute myeloid leukemia with der t(7;17)(q12;q11), monosomy 17 and 5p-. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 2006;28:544–546.
  • Malliah RB, Chang VT, Choe JK. Infection-associated hemophagocytic syndrome associated with recurrent acute myeloid leukemia/myelodysplastic syndrome. J Clin Pathol 2007;60:431–433.
  • Abdelhaleem M, Shago M, Beimnet K, Sayeh E, Bartakke S, Weitzman S. Childhood acute myeloid leukemia with hemophagocytosis by blasts and inv (8)(p11;q13) with MOZ TIF2 fusion transcript. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 2007;29:643–645.
  • Sovinz P, Lackner H, Urban C. Recurrent episodes of fever and pancytopenia due to haemophagocytosis during maintenance therapy for acute myeloid leukaemia. Br J Haematol 2008;143:605.
  • Kitigawa J, Hara T, Tsurumi H, Oyama M, Moriwaki H. Pure erythroid leukemia with hemophagocytosis. Intern Med 2009;48:1695–1698.
  • Wang L, Fei X, Lu Y, Shi X. Acute myeloid leukemia initially presenting as hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis—a case report and review of the literature. Leuk Res 2010;34:e46–e49.
  • Henter JI, Horne A, Arico M, et al. HLH-2004: diagnostic and therapeutic guidelines for hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2007;48:124–131.
  • Filipovich AH. Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) and related disorders. Hematology Am Soc Hematol Educ Program 2009:127–131.
  • Kantarjian H, Issa JP, Rosenfeld CS, et al. Decitabine improves patient outcomes in myelodysplastic syndromes: a phase III randomized study. Cancer 2006;106:1795–1803.
  • Cashen AF, Schiller GJ, O'Donnell MR, DiPersio JF. Multicenter, phase II study of decitabine for the first-line treatment of older patients with acute myeloid leukemia. J Clin Oncol 2010:28:556–561.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.