Bone marrow transplantation with a reduced-intensity conditioning regimen in a patient with Wegener granulomatosis and therapy-related leukemia

Int J Hematol. 2006 Apr;83(3):262-5. doi: 10.1532/IJH97.05148.

Abstract

We describe a patient with Wegener granulomatosis (WG) who underwent long-term cyclophosphamide treatment and thereafter developed acute myelogenous leukemia (AML). After the AML was induced into remission, the patient received an allogeneic stem cell transplant (allo-SCT) from his sibling after undergoing a reduced-intensity conditioning regimen. His clinical course shortly after allo-SCT was uneventful. No clinically apparent acute or chronic graft-versus-host disease developed. Repeated analysis of the peripheral blood lymphocytes after transplantation showed complete donor chimerism. The level of proteinase 3 antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (PR3-ANCA) remained undetectable until 4 months after transplantation, when it began to increase. When the level of PR3-ANCA peaked, the patient suddenly presented with fever and joint pain, which later spontaneously resolved in parallel with the declining titer of PR3-ANCA. He is now in remission for both AML and WG at 22 months after transplantation. The patient's clinical course after allo-SCT may provide us with valuable information regarding the establishment of allo-SCT as a therapeutic option for WG.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Cyclophosphamide / administration & dosage
  • Cyclophosphamide / adverse effects*
  • Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis / complications
  • Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis / drug therapy*
  • Humans
  • Immunosuppressive Agents / administration & dosage
  • Immunosuppressive Agents / adverse effects*
  • Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / chemically induced
  • Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / therapy*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Remission Induction
  • Stem Cell Transplantation*
  • Transplantation Conditioning*
  • Transplantation, Homologous

Substances

  • Immunosuppressive Agents
  • Cyclophosphamide