Brentuximab Vedotin Therapy for Cutaneous Lesions in T-prolymphocytic Leukemia: A Case Report
Author(s) -
Jordan Senchak,
Peter V. Pickens
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
hematology reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2038-8330
DOI - 10.4081/hr.2016.6593
Subject(s) - alemtuzumab , medicine , brentuximab vedotin , prolymphocytic leukemia , dermatology , oncology , leukemia , pathology , cd30 , lymphoma , chronic lymphocytic leukemia , transplantation
We present an 88-year-old male with simultaneous T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia and stable smoldering myeloma with excellent initial response to three months of alemtuzumab. The patient relapsed at twelve months with severe cutaneous disease. Biopsy of a representative plaque demonstrated CD30 positivity in rare malignant lymphocytes. The patient demonstrated no response to reintroduction with a full course of alemtuzumab. He was therefore treated with brentuximab vedotin, resulting in partial remission of skin involvement that persisted for three months
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