Cardiac anaplastic large cell lymphoma in an 8-year old boy

Melchior Lauten; Simon Vieth; Christopher Hart; Wilhelm Wössmann; Birte Tröger; Christoph Härtel; Martin Bethge; André Schrauder; Gunnar Cario

doi:10.1016/j.lrr.2014.05.001

Cardiac anaplastic large cell lymphoma in an 8-year old boy

Leuk Res Rep. 2014 May 15;3(2):36-7. doi: 10.1016/j.lrr.2014.05.001. eCollection 2014.

Authors

Melchior Lauten¹, Simon Vieth², Christopher Hart³, Wilhelm Wössmann⁴, Birte Tröger¹, Christoph Härtel¹, Martin Bethge¹, André Schrauder², Gunnar Cario²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Paediatrics, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck, Germany.
² Department of General Paediatrics, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Germany.
³ Department of Congenital Heart Disease and Paediatric Cardiology, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Germany.
⁴ Justus Liebig University, Paediatric Haematology and Oncology, Gießen, Germany.

Abstract

We report on an 8 year old boy with primary cardiac anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL), in whom the diagnosis was challenging and who was treated with modified chemotherapy without radiation therapy according to the ALCL 99 study protocol [1]. Two years and 4 months after completion of therapy the boy is in complete remission with normal cardiac function.

Keywords: ALCL; ALCL99; Cardiac tumour; Childhood; Heart; Lymphoma.