Therapy-related acute myeloid leukemia in a primary pulmonary leiomyosarcoma patient with skin metastasis

Chinese Journal of Cancer Research - Tập 23 - Trang 236-238 - 2011
Yan Ma1, Bo-bin Chen1, Xiao-ping Xu1, Guo-wei Lin1, Yuan Ji2, Sujie Akesu2, Haiying Zen2
1Department of Hematology, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
2Department of Pathology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Tóm tắt

Primary pulmonary leiomyosarcoma (LMS) is a very unusual tumor. Although LMS has well-known metastatic potential, cutaneous metastasis is a remarkably uncommon. Exposure to cytotoxic agents could lead to “therapy-related myeloid neoplasm” (t-MN). Starting from 2008, the World Health Organization (WHO) has adopted the term to cover the spectrum of malignant diseases previously known as therapy-related acute myeloid leukemia (t-AML), therapy-related myelodysplastic syndrome (t-MDS) and therapy-related myelodysplastic/myeloproliferative neoplasm (t-MDS/MPN). We described the onset of t-MDS and progression to t-AML in one case diagnosed as primary pulmonary LMS with cutaneous metastasis. This patient achieved complete remission (CR) after three courses of IA regimen chemotherapy (idarubicin 5 mg/d, d 1–3; cytarabine 100 mg/d, d 1–5) and 1 course of HA chemotherapy regimen (homoharringtonine 3 mg/d, d 1–3; cytarabine 100 mg/d, d 1–7). This case presents the natural course of therapy-related neoplasm and provides therapeutic experience for t-AML.

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