Authors: Pasquale Niscola Roberto Palumbo Laura Scaramucci Andrea Tendas Luca Cupelli Marco Giovannini Daniela Piccioni Teresa Dentamaro Alessio Pio Perrotti Paolo de Fabritiis
Publish Date: 2008/05/24
Volume: 63, Issue: 4, Pages: 759-
Abstract
The treatment approach to non Hodgkin lymphoma NHL in patients with renal failure is a challenging concern The case of a dialysed patient suffering from a splenic marginal zone lymphoma SMZL with villous lymphocytes who received rituximab associated with chlorambucil as firstline treatment is here describedA 70yearold woman was admitted to the hospital in July 2007 because of massive splenomegaly lymphocytosis moderate anaemia and severe thrombocytopenia A comprehensive work up including a body CT scan was performed Extensive spleen enlargement and deep abdominal adenomegalies but not enlarged nodes suitable for an excision biopsy were found According to morphological features and immunophenotype CD19 CD79a CD22 CD20 CD45 CD79b CD52 FMC7 and lambda positive Bcells a diagnosis of SMZL was made The past medical history was notably remarkable Indeed she was affected by longlasting hypertension and diabetes mellitus complicated by chronic
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