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Successful treatment of relapsed blastic natural killer cell lymphoma with unrelated cord blood transplantation

Bone Marrow Transplantation volume 30, pages 41–44 (2002)Cite this article

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The prognosis for blastic natural killer (NK) cell lymphoma is generally dismal. We report a patient who was successfully treated with unrelated cord blood transplantation (UCBT). A 15-year-old boy was diagnosed as having blastic NK cell lymphoma in the cervical lymph nodes. Autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation was performed on achieving a complete remission. However, the disease recurred in the bone marrow 6 months later. Chemotherapy induced a second remission and the patient received UCBT with a conditioning regimen consisting of total body irradiation, thiotepa and cyclophosphamide. Chronic GVHD of the lung occurred, but it was well controlled with steroids. At the time of writing, he remains in remission 18 months after UCBT with an excellent performance status. UCBT may be an option for patients with blastic NK cell lymphoma.

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We thank K Oshimi MD and K Ohnuma for valuable suggestions, Y Zaike for photography and D Mrozek for correction of English.

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  1. Department of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Japan

    T Yoshimasu, A Manabe, R Tanaka, S Mochizuki, Y Ebihara, K Ishikawa, T Tsuruta & K Tsuji

  2. Department of Hematology-Oncology, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Japan

    T Iseki & S Asano

  3. Department of Pathology, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Japan

    N Oyaizu

  4. Department of Pediatrics, Tokyo Medical University, Japan

    K Aritaki, K Tanaka & A Hoshika

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Yoshimasu, T., Manabe, A., Tanaka, R. et al. Successful treatment of relapsed blastic natural killer cell lymphoma with unrelated cord blood transplantation. Bone Marrow Transplant 30, 41–44 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bmt.1703597

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