Successful intrathecal chemotherapy combined with radiotherapy followed by pomalidomide and low-dose dexamethasone maintenance therapy for a primary plasma cell leukemia patient

Successful intrathecal chemotherapy combined with radiotherapy followed by pomalidomide and low-dose dexamethasone maintenance therapy for a primary plasma cell leukemia patient

Primary plasma cell leukemia (PPCL) is a rare aggressive variant of plasma cell disorder and frequently presents with extramedullary disease. Central nervous system (CNS) involvement with PPCL has an extremely poor prognosis. We describe a 46-year-old man with PPCL treated with a combination of lena...

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Main Authors: Yusuke Yamashita, Shinobu Tamura, Takehiro Oiwa, Hiroshi Kobata, Kodai Kuriyama, Toshiki Mushino, Shogo Murata, Hiroki Hosoi, Akinori Nishikawa, Nobuyoshi Hanaoka, Takashi Sonoki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-02-01
Series:Hematology Reports
Subjects:
Primary Plasma Cell Leukemia
Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation, Central Nervous System Relapse, Pomalidomide
Online Access:http://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/hr/article/view/6986

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