[Nonmyeloablative stem cell transplantation with low-dose total body irradiation (200 cGy) for a 55-year-old woman with acute lymphoblastic leukemia]

Rinsho Ketsueki. 2000 Dec;41(12):1277-80.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

We describe a 55-year-old woman with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in the first remission who underwent nonmyeloablative stem cell transplantation with conditioning consisting of low-dose total body irradiation and postgrafting cyclosporine and mycophenolate mofetil. Myelosuppression was mild, but on day 28 her bone marrow showed 8.8% lymphoblasts. We withdrew the cyclosporine, but the patient developed grade 2 acute GVHD and eosinophilia. The proportion of bone marrow lymphoblasts decreased transiently to 1.0% on day 40, but later increased again and the patient died on day 85. Application of this approach to patients with ALL needs to be examined on a large scale.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Cyclosporine / administration & dosage
  • Female
  • Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation*
  • Humans
  • Immunosuppressive Agents / administration & dosage
  • Middle Aged
  • Mycophenolic Acid / administration & dosage
  • Mycophenolic Acid / analogs & derivatives*
  • Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / therapy*
  • Transplantation Conditioning*
  • Whole-Body Irradiation*

Substances

  • Immunosuppressive Agents
  • Cyclosporine
  • Mycophenolic Acid