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Trecourt A, Donzel M, Fontaine J, Ghesquières H, Jallade L, Antherieu G, Laurent C, Mauduit C, Traverse-Glehen A. Plasticity in Classical Hodgkin Composite Lymphomas: A Systematic Review. Cancers (Basel) 2022; 14:cancers14225695. [PMID: 36428786 PMCID: PMC9688742 DOI: 10.3390/cancers14225695] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2022] [Revised: 11/04/2022] [Accepted: 11/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
Abstract
The co-occurrence of several lymphomas in a patient defines composite/synchronous lymphoma. A common cellular origin has been reported for both contingents of such entities. In the present review, we aimed to gather the available data on composite lymphomas associating a classical Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL) with another lymphoma, to better understand the plasticity of mature B and T-cells. This review highlights that >70% of patients with a composite lymphoma are ≥55 years old, with a male predominance. The most reported associations are cHL with follicular lymphoma or diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, with over 130 cases reported. The cHL contingent is often of mixed cellularity type, with a more frequent focal/weak CD20 expression (30% to 55.6%) compared to de novo cHL, suggesting a particular pathophysiology. Moreover, Hodgkin cells may express specific markers of the associated lymphoma (e.g., BCL2/BCL6 for follicular lymphoma and Cyclin D1 for mantle cell lymphoma), sometimes combined with common BCL2/BCL6 or CCND1 rearrangements, respectively. In addition, both contingents may share similar IgH/IgK rearrangements and identical pathogenic variants, reinforcing the hypothesis of a common clonal origin. Finally, cHL appears to be endowed with a greater plasticity than previously thought, supporting a common clonal origin and a transdifferentiation process during lymphomagenesis of composite lymphomas.
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- Alexis Trecourt
- Service de Pathologie Multi-Site, Site Sud, Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud, Hospices Civils de Lyon, 69310 Pierre-Bénite, France
- Faculté de Médecine Lyon-Sud, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, UR 3738—CICLY, 69921 Oullins, France
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +33-(0)4-7886-1186; Fax: +33-(0)4-7886-5713
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- Service de Pathologie Multi-Site, Site Sud, Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud, Hospices Civils de Lyon, 69310 Pierre-Bénite, France
- Faculté de Médecine de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 69100 Villeurbanne, France
- Faculté de Médecine Lyon-Sud, CRCL, Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie (CIRI), Université Claude Bernard Lyon-1, INSERM U1111, CNRS, UMR5308, ENS Lyon, 69921 Oullins, France
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- Service de Pathologie Multi-Site, Site Sud, Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud, Hospices Civils de Lyon, 69310 Pierre-Bénite, France
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- Faculté de Médecine de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 69100 Villeurbanne, France
- Faculté de Médecine Lyon-Sud, CRCL, Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie (CIRI), Université Claude Bernard Lyon-1, INSERM U1111, CNRS, UMR5308, ENS Lyon, 69921 Oullins, France
- Service d’Hématologie Clinique, Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud, Hospices Civils de Lyon, 69310 Pierre-Bénite, France
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- Faculté de Médecine de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 69100 Villeurbanne, France
- Faculté de Médecine Lyon-Sud, CRCL, Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie (CIRI), Université Claude Bernard Lyon-1, INSERM U1111, CNRS, UMR5308, ENS Lyon, 69921 Oullins, France
- Laboratoire d’Hématologie, Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud, Hospices Civils de Lyon, 69310 Pierre-Bénite, France
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- Service d’Hématologie Clinique, Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud, Hospices Civils de Lyon, 69310 Pierre-Bénite, France
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- Service de Pathologie, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Toulouse-Purpan, Institut Universitaire du Cancer, Oncopole de Toulouse, 31100 Toulouse, France
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- Service de Pathologie Multi-Site, Site Sud, Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud, Hospices Civils de Lyon, 69310 Pierre-Bénite, France
- Faculté de Médecine de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 69100 Villeurbanne, France
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Centre Méditerranéen de Médecine Moléculaire (C3M), Unité 1065, Equipe 10, 06000 Nice, France
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- Service de Pathologie Multi-Site, Site Sud, Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud, Hospices Civils de Lyon, 69310 Pierre-Bénite, France
- Faculté de Médecine de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 69100 Villeurbanne, France
- Faculté de Médecine Lyon-Sud, CRCL, Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie (CIRI), Université Claude Bernard Lyon-1, INSERM U1111, CNRS, UMR5308, ENS Lyon, 69921 Oullins, France
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Gasljevic G, Grat M, Kloboves Prevodnik V, Grcar Kuzmanov B, Gazic B, Lovrecic L, Podgornik H. Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia with Divergent Richter's Transformation into a Clonally Related Classical Hodgkin's and Plasmablastic Lymphoma: A Case Report. Case Rep Oncol 2020; 13:120-129. [PMID: 32231533 DOI: 10.1159/000505683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2019] [Accepted: 12/20/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
Abstract
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) typically pursues a prolonged course. Its transformation into a more aggressive lymphoma occurs in 2-8% of all patients. Most commonly, diffuse large B-cell lymphoma develops. Transformation into a classical Hodgkin's lymphoma (cHL) occurs in <1%. Plasmablastic transformation has been only rarely reported. Cases of synchronous divergent transformation of CLL into a composite lymphoma are exceedingly rare. We describe the unique occurrence of the transformation of a long-standing CLL into a synchronous clonally related cHL as well as plasmablastic lymphoma (PBL) in an 85-year-old female patient. After 10 years of asymptomatic CLL, our patient was treated with a rituximab-chlorambucil scheme in combination with pegfilgrastim for recurrent infections and the development of B symptoms. Five cycles (of six planned) were administrated with no adverse effects. After the fifth cycle, lymphadenopathy with pronounced B symptoms appeared. Histology showed the presence of cHL in the lymph node, while the bone marrow was infiltrated by PBL. Our patient died in sepsis not receiving further specific oncologic treatment due to her poor general condition. Additional cytogenetic and molecular studies showed that this was a case of mutated CLL with trisomies of chromosomes 12, 3, and 18 (a rare specific +12 plus other-non+19 CLL subgroup). The presence of trisomy 12 has also been proved in plasmablasts and in cHL cells.
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- Gorana Gasljevic
- Department of Pathology, Institute of Oncology, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Hematology, General Hospital Celje, Celje, Slovenia
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- Department of Pathology, Institute of Oncology, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Clinical Institute of Medical Genetics, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Hematology, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Li Y, Weinberg OK. Richter transformation of chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma to composite diffuse large b-cell lymphoma and hodgkin lymphoma: a case report and review of literature. HUMAN PATHOLOGY: CASE REPORTS 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ehpc.2018.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Di Bernardo A, Mussetti A, Aiello A, De Paoli E, Cabras AD. Alternate clonal dominance in richter transformation presenting as extranodal diffuse large B-cell lymphoma and synchronous classic Hodgkin lymphoma. Am J Clin Pathol 2014; 142:227-32. [PMID: 25015865 DOI: 10.1309/ajcp4t9rpxytxqde] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES Richter transformation (RT) represents the rare occurrence of a secondary aggressive lymphoma in the setting of chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma (CLL/SLL). METHODS Here we describe the peculiar case of a patient with trisomy 12+ and atypical (CD5+, CD23-) CLL/SLL who developed a two-step RT with complex morphologic and molecular features. RESULTS Molecular analysis of a CLL/SLL population detected two different immunoglobulin rearrangement patterns corresponding to a main peak and a minor peak. Transformation took place both as gastric diffuse large B-cell lymphoma and as a synchronous bone marrow classic Hodgkin lymphoma with the same immunoglobulin rearrangement pattern corresponding to the minor peak detected in CLL/SLL at diagnosis. During chemotherapy, progression occurred as axillary nodal involvement by a CD5+ high-grade lymphoma with an immunoglobulin rearrangement pattern corresponding to the main CLL peak. CONCLUSIONS In this case, the elaborate clinical and molecular picture may be correlated to an alternate dominance of two distinct clonal populations probably influenced by therapeutic and environmental factors.
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- Andrea Di Bernardo
- Department of Anatomic Pathology, Orthopaedic Institute G. Pini, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Hematology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
- Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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Robak T. Second Malignancies and Richter's Syndrome in Patients with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia. Hematology 2013; 9:387-400. [PMID: 15763979 DOI: 10.1080/10245330400018599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
Abstract
Second malignancies are frequent complications in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). Patients with this leukemia may develop large cell lymphoma (LCL) known as Richter's syndrome (RS). RS occurs in CLL patients of about 3% and may develop in a single lymph node or more often in a group of nodes. However, in some patients extranodal localization of aggressive lymphoma in RS has been observed. Besides LCL, Hodgkin's disease, prolymphocytoid leukemia, multiple myeloma and acute lymphoblastic leukemia may also occur as RS variants. The origin of lymphoid cells in RS remains tentative. However, CLL and RS originate from the same clone for some patients, whereas, in other patients cells of aggressive lymphoma do not have the features of the same clone as the CLL cells. The prognosis of RS is poor. Survival in different studies will be usually 2-5 months. The secondary development or coexistence of myeloproliferative disorders or myelodysplastic syndrome and solid tumors have also been rarely documented in CLL patients. It is of great concern that therapy may further increase the risk of a second neoplasm. However, until now, there are no clear evidence that alkylating agents or purine nucleoside analogs may be associated with an increased incidence of second malignancies in patients with CLL. In this review, epidemiology, biology, clinical characteristic and treatment approaches in RS and other secondary neoplasms in patients with CLL are discussed.
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MESH Headings
- Cell Lineage
- Disease-Free Survival
- Humans
- Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell/complications
- Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell/mortality
- Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell/therapy
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/etiology
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/mortality
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/therapy
- Neoplasms, Second Primary/etiology
- Neoplasms, Second Primary/mortality
- Neoplasms, Second Primary/therapy
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- Tadeusz Robak
- Department of Hematology, Medical University of Lodz and Copernicus Memorial Hospital, Lodz, Pabianicka, Poland.
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Michelis FV, Kourti G, Skertsou M, Karmiris T, Rontogianni DP, Harhalakis N. Richter transformation of chronic lymphocytic leukemia into composite diffuse large B-cell and Hodgkin lymphoma. Leuk Lymphoma 2012; 53:2302-3. [DOI: 10.3109/10428194.2012.676172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Bockorny B, Codreanu I, Dasanu CA. Hodgkin lymphoma as Richter transformation in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia: a retrospective analysis of world literature. Br J Haematol 2011; 156:50-66. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2011.08907.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Hueber AJ, Kallert S, Aigner T, Rösler W, Kalden JR, Schulze-Koops H, Rech J. Early detection of Richter's transformation: stable disease with dose-reduced gemcitabine and local radiation. Oncol Res Treat 2006; 29:526-8. [PMID: 17068388 DOI: 10.1159/000096054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND The occurrence of Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) as a second aggressive lymphoid malignancy (known as Hodgkin's disease variant of Richter's transformation) is rarely observed. Response rates, even with highly aggressive therapy such as stem cell transplantation, are limited, ranging from 4 to 43%, and the medium survival time ranges from 5 to 8 months. CASE REPORT A 72-year-old patient with a history of chronic lymphatic leukemia (CLL) was admitted with thoracic back pain and assumed progression of the CLL. The patient showed no fever, night sweats or weight loss. A computed tomography (CT) scan confirmed the progression of axillary and cervical lymph nodes. In addition, an intraspinal infiltration at the 8th thoracic vertebra (Th8) was detected. Surprisingly, histology of an extirpated lymph node demonstrated the existence of 2 tumors in the same lymph node. Infiltrates of small lymphocytes representing the pre-existing CLL (CD5-, CD20-, CD23-positive) coexisted with Reed-Sternberg Hodgkin's cells (CD30-, CD15-positive). Chemotherapy was started, combined with palliative radiation of vertebrae Th7-Th10. 12 months after diagnosis of Richter's transformation the patient is still alive without any progression of the underlying disease. CONCLUSION We present a unique case of a Hodgkin's disease variant of Richter's transformation and CLL in the same lymph node, which was detected early because of spinal infiltration and was subsequently stabilized with reduced-dosage gemcitabine and local radiation. Additionally, we show unique pictures of 2 tumors coexisting in the same lymph node.
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- Axel J Hueber
- Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology and Oncology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
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Compérat E, Delmer A, Le Tourneau A, Molina TJ, Diebold J, Audouin J. Concomitant Epstein-Barr virus-negative large B-cell lymphoma (Richter syndrome) and Epstein-Barr virus- positive B-cell lymphoproliferation after treatment with fludarabine and cyclophosphamide in a patient with B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Arch Pathol Lab Med 2006; 130:1227-30. [PMID: 16879030 DOI: 10.5858/2006-130-1227-cevlbl] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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We report the case of a patient treated with a combination of fludarabine and cyclophosphamide after suffering from B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia for 10 years. Three months after treatment, the patient presented with an unusual association, not previously reported in the literature: Richter syndrome (monotypic Epstein-Barr virus- negative large B-cell lymphoma) with the proliferation of Epstein-Barr virus-positive B cells secreting a polytypic immunoglobulin A. The Epstein-Barr virus-positive lymphoproliferation can be accounted for by the type of immunosuppression induced by the treatment.
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MESH Headings
- Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols/adverse effects
- Cyclophosphamide/administration & dosage
- Epstein-Barr Virus Infections/etiology
- Epstein-Barr Virus Infections/pathology
- Epstein-Barr Virus Infections/virology
- Fatal Outcome
- Herpesvirus 4, Human/isolation & purification
- Humans
- Immunoglobulin A/immunology
- Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell/drug therapy
- Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell/pathology
- Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell/virology
- Lymphoma, B-Cell/etiology
- Lymphoma, B-Cell/pathology
- Lymphoma, B-Cell/virology
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/etiology
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/immunology
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/pathology
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Neoplasms, Second Primary
- Tumor Lysis Syndrome/etiology
- Tumor Lysis Syndrome/pathology
- Tumor Lysis Syndrome/virology
- Vidarabine/administration & dosage
- Vidarabine/analogs & derivatives
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Affiliation(s)
- Eva Compérat
- Service d'Anatomie et de Cytologie Pathologiques, Hôtel-Dieu, Paris, France.
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Robak T, Szmigielska-Kapłon A, Smolewski P, Wawrzyniak E, Korycka A, Bartkowiak J, Kordek R. Hodgkin's type of Richter's syndrome in familial chronic lymphocytic leukemia treated with cladribine and cyclophosphamide. Leuk Lymphoma 2003; 44:859-66. [PMID: 12802926 DOI: 10.1080/1042819031000063417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Second malignancies are frequent complications in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). Hodgkin's disease (HD) has been observed in approximately 0.5% of the patients with CLL and is known as Hodgkin's type Richter's syndrome (H-RS). We present a 64-year-old male patient with a familial history of CLL who developed H-RS in abdominal lymph nodes 6 years after CLL diagnosis and 18 months after treatment with cladribine (2-CdA) and cyclophosphamide. HD was diagnosed by fine needle aspiration. The disease was refractory to treatment with two courses of CHOP and three courses of ABVD chemotherapy. In the current literature we found case reports of only 6 patients with H-RS who were treated with fludarabine (FA) before transformation, and, to our knowledge the presented patient is the first to develop H-RS after treatment with 2-CdA combined with cyclophosphamide. He is also the first published patient with familial CLL in whom this complication developed.
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MESH Headings
- Abdominal Neoplasms/etiology
- Abdominal Neoplasms/pathology
- Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols/adverse effects
- Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols/therapeutic use
- Cell Transformation, Neoplastic
- Cladribine/adverse effects
- Cladribine/therapeutic use
- Cyclophosphamide/therapeutic use
- Family Health
- Herpesvirus 4, Human
- Hodgkin Disease/chemically induced
- Hodgkin Disease/etiology
- Hodgkin Disease/pathology
- Hodgkin Disease/virology
- Humans
- Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell/drug therapy
- Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell/pathology
- Lymph Nodes/pathology
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Neoplasms, Second Primary/etiology
- Neoplasms, Second Primary/pathology
- Syndrome
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Affiliation(s)
- Tadeusz Robak
- Department of Hematology, Medical University of Łódź, Pabianicka 62, 93-513 Łódź, Poland.
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Adiga GU, Abebe L, Wiernik PH. Partially successful treatment of a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia and Hodgkin's disease: case report and literature review. Am J Hematol 2003; 72:267-73. [PMID: 12666139 DOI: 10.1002/ajh.10300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is rarely associated with Hodgkin's disease (HD). We report a case of nodular sclerosis HD in a patient previously diagnosed with CLL. Reed-Sternberg cells were CD15(+) and CD30(+). He was treated with dose-escalated CHOP and at relapse, mitoxantrone, vinblastine, and CCNU (MVC) with partial response to the former and complete response to the latter, although the patient died 15 months later. Data from 88 other similar cases published in the English language were analyzed. Based on the histological and clinical features at the time of transformation, these patients were divided into distinct categories for analysis. Prognosis was found to be poorer in patients with continued active CLL when compared with those with CLL in remission at the time of transformation to HD. It is suggested that these two presentations may derive from different pathogenic mechanisms.
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MESH Headings
- Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic/therapeutic use
- Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols/administration & dosage
- Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols/therapeutic use
- Bowen's Disease/drug therapy
- Combined Modality Therapy
- Cyclophosphamide/administration & dosage
- Doxorubicin/administration & dosage
- Epstein-Barr Virus Infections/epidemiology
- Fatal Outcome
- Female
- Hodgkin Disease/drug therapy
- Hodgkin Disease/epidemiology
- Humans
- Immunophenotyping
- Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell/drug therapy
- Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell/epidemiology
- Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell/surgery
- Lomustine/administration & dosage
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Mitoxantrone/administration & dosage
- Neoplasms, Multiple Primary/drug therapy
- Neoplasms, Multiple Primary/epidemiology
- Neoplastic Stem Cells/chemistry
- Neoplastic Stem Cells/pathology
- Prednisone/administration & dosage
- Prognosis
- Reed-Sternberg Cells/pathology
- Remission Induction
- Skin Neoplasms/drug therapy
- Splenectomy
- Tumor Virus Infections/epidemiology
- Vidarabine/analogs & derivatives
- Vidarabine/therapeutic use
- Vinblastine/administration & dosage
- Vincristine/administration & dosage
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- Giridhar U Adiga
- Department of Medicine, Our Lady of Mercy Medical Center, New York Medical College, Bronx 10467, USA
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Abstract
Richter syndrome (RS) is well known as a secondary high-grade lymphoma, mostly diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) developed in patients with B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (B-CLL). In this review, we describe clinicopathological, histological, immunophenotypical and genetic findings of RS. The patients with RS, regardless of transformation of pre-existing clone or de novo malignant clone, were resistant to conventional combined chemotherapy and died within months of diagnosis. Molecular techniques can provide convincing results for the clonal relationship of RS to pre-existing B-CLL. When RS carries a same rearrangement band or a same sequence as B-CLL by Southern blotting or nucleotide sequence analyses of immunoglobulin heavy and/or light chain genes, it is suggested to that RS transforms from original B-CLL. These analyses have showed that approximately two-thirds of RS cases evolved from a B-CLL clone. How and where does the B-CLL clone evolve to RS? The genetic alteration of transforming B-CLL clone into RS has been addressed. Abnormalities of chromosomes 11 and 14 were most frequently involved in RS, but non-specific. In addition, RS does not include chromosomal translocation between Ig locus and oncogenes or rearrangements of bcl-6 gene, both of which were found in some de novo DLBCL. Several candidates, such as mutation of p53 gene and abnormalities of cyclin dependent kinase inhibitor, have been proposed to play an important role in the transformation of a part of B-CLL. However, there is still uncertainty as to how B-CLL progresses or develops into RS.
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MESH Headings
- Clone Cells
- Humans
- Immunophenotyping
- Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell/genetics
- Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell/immunology
- Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell/pathology
- Lymphoma, B-Cell/genetics
- Lymphoma, B-Cell/immunology
- Lymphoma, B-Cell/pathology
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/genetics
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/immunology
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/pathology
- Neoplasms, Second Primary/genetics
- Neoplasms, Second Primary/immunology
- Neoplasms, Second Primary/pathology
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- Naoya Nakamura
- Department of Pathology, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, 1-Hikarigaoka, Fukushima-shi, 960-1295, Japan.
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Naranjo TA, Matutes El EL, Martínez JJ, Font Ferré L, Domingo A, Príncep RB, Usach TS. Prolymphocytic leukaemia and Hodgkin's lymphoma. Eur J Haematol 2002; 69:182-4. [PMID: 12406013 DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0609.2002.02758.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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We describe a case of B-prolymphocytic leukaemia (B-PLL) who, following a long-lasting remission with fluradabine, developed a Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) with bone marrow involvement. A 75-yr-old male was found to have a lymphocytosis [white blood cell (WBC) count = 146 x 10(9) L(-1)], small volume axillary lymphadenopathy, and hepatosplenomegaly. The majority of circulating lymphocytes had a round nucleus and prominent single nucleolus. The patient did not respond to chlorambucil and then received fludarabine, achieving a good response lasting for 5 yr, when he manifested with B symptoms and pancytopenia. A diagnosis of HL in the bone marrow was made based on histology (Reed-Sternberg cells) and immunohistochemistry (CD30+, CD15+). Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) studies were negative. The patient was treated with chemotherapy but died 6 months later from disease progression.
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