| Literature DB >> 21829417 |
Marie-Olivia Chandesris1, David Ghez, Caroline Besson, Felipe Suarez, Richard Delarue, Marie-Thérèse Rubio, Ali Bazarbachi, Bruno Varet, Olivier Hermine.
Abstract
Despite improvements in therapeutic options, human T cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1)-related adult T cell leukaemia/lymphoma (ATLL) has a dismal prognosis. The present report concerns the case of a multirelapsing ATLL that reached a complete remission following the treatment of a secondary acute promyelocytic leukaemia with cytarabine, anthracyclin, all-transretinoic acid and arsenic trioxide. This unexpected result with a multitreated/chemorefractory disease led us to reconsider the potential therapeutic benefits of arsenic trioxide, which has demonstrated efficacy against ATLL cells.Entities:
Year: 2009 PMID: 21829417 PMCID: PMC3030139 DOI: 10.1136/bcr.01.2009.1449
Source DB: PubMed Journal: BMJ Case Rep ISSN: 1757-790X