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Rituximab: a useful drug for a repeatedly relapsed hairy cell leukemia patient
F Pollio1, B Pocali, S Palmieri
1Divisione di Ematologia, AORN A. Cardarelli, Via Cardarelli 9, 80131 Naples, Italy. filibpol@tin.it
Annals of Hematology
|December 17, 2002
Abstract:
We describe a case of complete response in a patient with hairy cell leukemia, relapsed after treatment with interferon-alpha, 2'-deoxycoformicin, and 2-chlorodeoxyadenosine, and then successfully treated with rituximab. A fourfold reduction of leukemic cells was observed concomitantly with restoration of normal blood count and differential.