A CHILD CASE OF Ki-1 LYMPHOMA TREATED WITH PERIPHERAL BLOOD STEM CELL AUTOTRANSPLANTATION (PBSCT)

The patient was an 8-year-old boy, who showed a fever and cough. He was diagnosed as mycoplasma pneumonia in a neighbor clinic, however, because clinical improvement was not achieved with antibiotics, he was referred to our hospital. Chest X-ray examinations showed an atelectasis of the left pulmona...

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Published inJapanese Journal of National Medical Services Vol. 52; no. 9; pp. 559 - 562
Main Authors KOYAMA, Teruhisa, MIBU, Makoto, KANADANI, Tomohisa, ICHIBA, Yozo, MURAKAMI, Motomasa
Format Journal Article
LanguageJapanese
Published Japanese Society of National Medical Services 1998
Subjects
Ki-1 lymphoma
mediastinum
peripheral blood stem cell autotransplantation
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Summary:The patient was an 8-year-old boy, who showed a fever and cough. He was diagnosed as mycoplasma pneumonia in a neighbor clinic, however, because clinical improvement was not achieved with antibiotics, he was referred to our hospital. Chest X-ray examinations showed an atelectasis of the left pulmonary lower lobe and a lymphadenopathy of the right pulmonary hilum. CT sections demonstrated masses infiltrating the whole mediastinum and the lung. Histopathological examinations of the lymphnode revealed a malignant lymphoma, anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL, Ki-1 lymphoma), T cell type. He was successfully treated with both non-Hodgkin lymphoma therapy and Hodgkin lymphoma therapy. Peripheral blood stem cell autotransplantation was performed with megachemotherapy. He has obtained disease-free survival for one year.
ISSN:0021-1699
1884-8729
DOI:10.11261/iryo1946.52.559