Therapy-related megakaryoblastic leukemia with pituitary involvement following treatment for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

Intern Med. 1999 Nov;38(11):904-9. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.38.904.

Abstract

A case of a 66-year-old Japanese man developed therapy-related megakaryoblastic leukemia with pituitary involvement after chemotherapy for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Alkylating agents had been administered for the treatment of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and 6 years later, megakaryoblastic leukemia with myelofibrosis and myelodysplasia developed. The blast cells expressed CD41, and immature antigens also. These findings were compatible with therapy-related megakaryoblastic leukemia. An autopsy revealed blast-cell infiltration into multiple organs including the posterior pituitary lobe. Therapy-related megakaryoblastic leukemia is very rare, and pituitary involvement may be associated with immaturity of blast cells.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antigens, CD / analysis
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating / adverse effects*
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating / therapeutic use
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Humans
  • Leukemia, Megakaryoblastic, Acute / chemically induced*
  • Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / drug therapy*
  • Male
  • Microscopy, Immunoelectron
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasms, Second Primary / chemically induced*
  • Pituitary Gland / pathology

Substances

  • Antigens, CD
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating