T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia and tuberculosis: a puzzling association.

Autor: Cervera P; Service d'Anatomopathologie Hôpital Saint-Antoine AP-HP Paris France., Gilhot A; Laboratory of Immunology Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpétrière AP-HP Paris France., Marzac C; Laboratoire d'Hématologie et Immunologie Hôpital Saint-Antoine AP-HP Paris France., Féger F; Laboratoire d'Hématologie et Immunologie Hôpital Saint-Antoine AP-HP Paris France., Tang R; Laboratoire d'Hématologie et Immunologie Hôpital Saint-Antoine AP-HP Paris France., Jaff N; Service d'Hématologie Hôpital Saint-Antoine AP-HP Paris France., Coppo P; Service d'Hématologie Hôpital Saint-Antoine AP-HP Paris France.; Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC Paris 6) Paris France.; Centre de Référence des Microangiopathies Thrombotiques AP-HP Paris France.; Inserm U1170 Institut Gustave Roussy Villejuif France.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Clinical case reports [Clin Case Rep] 2017 Aug 10; Vol. 5 (9), pp. 1536-1541. Date of Electronic Publication: 2017 Aug 10 (Print Publication: 2017).
DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.1121
Abstrakt: T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia can result in severe immune T-cell deficiency. Clinicians should be aware of this complication in this rare lymphoid malignancy, and opportunistic infections should be ruled out before the use of usual immunosuppressive procedures such as alemtuzumab and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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