Unusual extramedullary recurrences and breast relapse despite hepatic GVHD after allografting in Ph+-ALL

Hematology. 2006 Apr;11(2):105-7. doi: 10.1080/10245330600574177.

Abstract

Extramedullary recurrences with or without bone marrow involvement are reported in up to a half of leukemic relapses after BMT. Our report describes a case of an extramedullary recurrence and breast relapse after second-allografting in a female patient with Ph+-acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), occurring when there was active hepatic GHVD. This case illustrates the complex relationship between graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) and graft-versus-leukemia since she had no evidence of leukemia in her marrow demonstrating 100% full-donor chimerism while she had ALL relapse in her breast.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Breast / pathology*
  • Female
  • Graft vs Host Disease* / complications
  • Graft vs Host Disease* / pathology
  • Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
  • Humans
  • Leukemic Infiltration / pathology*
  • Liver / pathology
  • Middle Aged
  • Philadelphia Chromosome
  • Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / genetics
  • Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / pathology*
  • Preleukemia / therapy
  • Remission Induction