[Successful induction chemotherapy after colectomy in a case of acute lymphoblastic leukemia associated with obstructive ileus caused by sigmoid colon carcinoma]

Rinsho Ketsueki. 1990 Feb;31(2):249-53.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

We report here a patient who was diagnosed as having acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL-L2) and colon carcinoma simultaneously and a successful operation for the colon carcinoma was performed preceded to the treatment of ALL. The patient was a 43-year-old male who presented with acute abdominal symptoms and was diagnosed as ALL by the hematological examination and as colon carcinoma (well differentiated adenocarcinoma, Borrmann II) by colon fiberscope. The patient was underwent sigmoidcolectomy for colon carcinoma and was received antibiotics as well as recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (rhG-CSF), Approximately two weeks later, the patient received AdVP (Adriamycin, vincristine, and prednisolone) for ALL and achieved a complete remission. It might be possible for some leukemia patients manifesting acute abdominal symptoms to perform surgical approaches, since the prognosis of leukemia patients improved and supportive therapies, including an application of rh-CSF, have developed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / complications
  • Adenocarcinoma / surgery*
  • Adult
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use*
  • Colectomy*
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Doxorubicin / administration & dosage
  • Humans
  • Intestinal Obstruction / etiology*
  • Male
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary* / therapy
  • Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / drug therapy*
  • Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / pathology
  • Prednisone / administration & dosage
  • Remission Induction
  • Sigmoid Diseases / etiology*
  • Sigmoid Neoplasms / complications
  • Sigmoid Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Vincristine / administration & dosage

Substances

  • Vincristine
  • Doxorubicin
  • Prednisone

Supplementary concepts

  • VPD protocol