Secondary acute myeloid leukemia 4 years after the diagnosis of hairy cellleukemia: case report and review of the literature

Authors
Al-Fiar, F Meharchand, J Curtis, J Lipton, JH
Citation
F. Al-fiar et al., Secondary acute myeloid leukemia 4 years after the diagnosis of hairy cellleukemia: case report and review of the literature, LEUK RES, 23(8), 1999, pp. 719-721
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Onconogenesis & Cancer Research
Journal title
LEUKEMIA RESEARCH
ISSN journal
01452126 → ACNP
Volume
23
Issue
8
Year of publication
1999
Pages
719 - 721
Database
ISI
SICI code
0145-2126(199908)23:8<719:SAML4Y>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
A 49-year-old man diagnosed with hairy cell leukemia (HCL) achieved a compl ete remission lasting 4 years after treatment with cladrabine and subsequen tly developed acute myeloid leukemia. Although a wide variety of second mal ignancies have been noted in HCL with an incidence of 8.7%, acute myeloid l eukemia (AML) has been reported only once previously in a splenectomized pa tient who had been treated with alpha interferon. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.