| Literature DB >> 27408391 |
Esra Terzi Demirsoy1, Elif Birtas Atesoglu1, Pinar Tarkun1, Ayfer Gedük1, Büşra Erşan Erdem2, Abdullah Hacihanefioglu1, Mehmet Cengiz Erçin2.
Abstract
Isolated breast relapse after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) is less often seen. Chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD) is effective in preventing marrow relapse, but cGVHD seems not to be effective extramedullary relapse (EMR). We report the case of isolated breast relapse after first allo-HSCT for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). A 47-year-old female was diagnosed with ALL achieved complete remission with salvage chemotherapy and underwent allo-HSCT from an HLA-matched sibling male donor. At 17 months post-transplant, she presented with a bilateral breast masses that confirmed the diagnosis lymphoblast involvement. She had no evidence of leukemia in her marrow that determined 100 % full-donor chimerism when she was relapsed in her both breasts.Entities:
Keywords: Acute lymphoblastic leukemia; Breast relapse; Stem cell transplantation
Year: 2015 PMID: 27408391 PMCID: PMC4925511 DOI: 10.1007/s12288-015-0560-z
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Indian J Hematol Blood Transfus ISSN: 0971-4502 Impact factor: 0.900