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WORLD JOURNAL OF CLINICAL CASES
卷 9, 期 30, 页码 9159-9167出版社
BAISHIDENG PUBLISHING GROUP INC
DOI: 10.12998/wjcc.v9.i30.9159
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Hemophagocytosis; Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis; Composite ymphoma; T-cell; B-cell; Case report
This study presents two rare cases of overwhelming hemophagocytosis associated with composite T- and B-cell lymphoma, leading to a diagnostic dilemma and poor clinical outcomes.
BACKGROUND Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a rare and life-threatening disease caused by inherited pathogenic mutations and acquired dysregulations of the immune system. Composite lymphoma is defined as two or more morphologically and immunophenotypically distinct lymphomas that occur in a single patient. Here, we report two cases of HLH secondary to composite lymphoma with mixed lineage features of T- and B-cell marker expression both in the bone marrow and lymph nodes in adult patients. CASE SUMMARY Two patients were diagnosed with HLH based on the occurrence of fever, pancytopenia, lymphadenopathy, splenomegaly, hemophagocytosis and hyperferritinemia. Immunohistochemical staining of the axillary lymph node and bone marrow in case 1 showed typical features of combined B-cell and T-cell lymphoma. In addition, a lymph node gene study revealed rearrangement of the T-cell receptor chain and the immunoglobulin gene. Morphology and immunohistocheniistry studies of a lymph node biopsy in case 2 showed typical features of T cell lymphoma, but immunophenotyping by flow cytometry analysis of bone ma rrow aspirate showed B cell lymphoma involvement. The patients were treated with high-dose methylprednisolone combined with etoposide to control aggressive HLH progression. The patients also received immunochemotherapy with the R-CHOP (rituximab, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisone) regimen immediately after diagnosis. Both patients presented with highly aggressive lymphoma, and died of severe infection or uncontrolled HLH. CONCLUSION We present two rare cases with overwhelming hemophagocytosis along with composite T- and B-cell lymphoma, which posed a diagnostic dilemma. HLH caused by composite lymphoma was characterized by poor clinical outcomes.
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