Simultaneous appearance of central nervous system relapse and subarachnoid hemorrhage during the treatment for acute promyelocytic leukemia

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 87, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 593-595

  Nagai, Sumimasa ^a   Asai, Takashi ^a   Watanabe, Takuro ^a   Oshima, Kumi ^a   Hangaishi, Akira ^a   Kanda, Yoshinobu ^a   Motokura, Toru ^a   Chiba, Shigeru ^a   Aoki, Shigeki ^a   Ohtomo, Kuni ^a   Kurokawa, Mineo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; GADOLINIUM; GEMTUZUMAB OZOGAMICIN;

ADULT; ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CANCER INFILTRATION; CANCER RELAPSE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM METASTASIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

ADOLESCENT; AMINOGLYCOSIDES; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ARSENICALS; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; LEUKEMIA, PROMYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; LEUKEMIC INFILTRATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGES; MIDDLE AGED; OXIDES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 44449104130     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-008-0436-5     Document Type: Letter

References (7)

1. Au WY, Ma SK, Ooi C, Liang R, Kwong YL (2000) Unusual manifestations of acute leukemia. Case 1. CNS extramedullary relapse of acute promyelocytic leukemia after arsenic trioxide-induced remission. J Clin Oncol 18:3435-3437
2. de Botton S, Sanz MA, Chevret S, Dombret H, Martin G, Thomas X et al (2006) Extramedullary relapse in acute promyelocytic leukemia treated with all-trans retinoic acid and chemotherapy. Leukemia 20:35-41
3. Tse E, Yip SF, Ooi CG, Kwong YL (2006) Subarachnoid haemorrhage: More than meets the eye. Br J Haematol 132:383
4. Owonikoko T, Agha M, Balassanian R, Smith R, Raptis A (2007) Gemtuzumab therapy for isolated extramedullary AML relapse following allogeneic stem-cell transplant. Nat Clin Pract Oncol 4:491-495
5. Piccaluga RP, Martinelli G, Rondoni M, Malagola M, Gaitani S, Isidori A et al (2004) Gemtuzumab ozogamicin for relapsed and refractory acute myeloid leukemia and myeloid sarcomas. Leuk Lymphoma 45:1791-1795
6. Falanga A, Barbui T (2001) Coagulopathy of acute promyelocytic leukemia. Acta Haematol 106:43-51
7. Au WY, Tam S, Fong BM, Kwong YL (2006) Elemental arsenic entered the cerebrospinal fluid during oral arsenic trioxide treatment of meningeal relapse of acute promyelocytic leukemia. Blood 107:3012-3013