Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia-associated Immune Thrombocytopenia Successfully Treated with Rituximab: A Case Report

Volume: 39 Number: 3 September 1, 2013
  • Gönül Irmak
  • Vildan Özkocaman
  • Fahir Özkalemkaş
  • Tuba Ersal
  • Rıdvan Ali
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Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia-associated Immune Thrombocytopenia Successfully Treated with Rituximab: A Case Report

Abstract

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) may become complicated with otoimmune diseases during it's clinical course. Immune thrombocyto-penia (IT) has a 2% prevelance in the clinical course of CLL. Also IT indicates a poor prognosis. There are no standard terapies for CLL-associated IT so far. A 48-year-old male patient was diagnosed with stage I CLL at Uludag University Faculty of Medicine Hematology Department. Initial thrombocyte count during diagnosis was 4.810/mm³. He was started a 1 mg/kg/d dose of steroids regimen as a first-line therapy to which the patient did not respond. Later, for a time period of two days he was given high dose (1 g/kg/d) IVIG but again there was no response to the treatment. One course of R-CHOP (rituximab, cyclophosphamide, vincristine, doxorubicin, prednisolone) chemotherapy was applied as cytotoxic treatment. Thrombocyte counts of the patient were below 25.000/mm³ after the third week of treatment. We consid-ered this as limited-response and started the patient on 375 mg/m²/d dose of rituximab therapy per week for a total of four weeks. Thrombo-cyte count was up to 95.000/mm³ after treatment and it was 52.900/mm³ at the end of the fourth dose of rituximab which we considered as partial-response. Therefore we believe the rituximab therapy to be efficient and well-tolerated alternative in this case.

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Gönül Irmak This is me

Vildan Özkocaman This is me

Fahir Özkalemkaş This is me

Tuba Ersal This is me

Rıdvan Ali This is me

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September 1, 2013

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Year 2013 Volume: 39 Number: 3

APA
Irmak, G., Özkocaman, V., Özkalemkaş, F., Ersal, T., & Ali, R. (2013). Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia-associated Immune Thrombocytopenia Successfully Treated with Rituximab: A Case Report. Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty, 39(3), 177-180. https://izlik.org/JA86LU95PA
AMA
1.Irmak G, Özkocaman V, Özkalemkaş F, Ersal T, Ali R. Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia-associated Immune Thrombocytopenia Successfully Treated with Rituximab: A Case Report. Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty. 2013;39(3):177-180. https://izlik.org/JA86LU95PA
Chicago
Irmak, Gönül, Vildan Özkocaman, Fahir Özkalemkaş, Tuba Ersal, and Rıdvan Ali. 2013. “Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia-Associated Immune Thrombocytopenia Successfully Treated With Rituximab: A Case Report”. Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty 39 (3): 177-80. https://izlik.org/JA86LU95PA.
EndNote
Irmak G, Özkocaman V, Özkalemkaş F, Ersal T, Ali R (September 1, 2013) Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia-associated Immune Thrombocytopenia Successfully Treated with Rituximab: A Case Report. Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty 39 3 177–180.
IEEE
[1]G. Irmak, V. Özkocaman, F. Özkalemkaş, T. Ersal, and R. Ali, “Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia-associated Immune Thrombocytopenia Successfully Treated with Rituximab: A Case Report”, Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty, vol. 39, no. 3, pp. 177–180, Sept. 2013, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA86LU95PA
ISNAD
Irmak, Gönül - Özkocaman, Vildan - Özkalemkaş, Fahir - Ersal, Tuba - Ali, Rıdvan. “Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia-Associated Immune Thrombocytopenia Successfully Treated With Rituximab: A Case Report”. Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty 39/3 (September 1, 2013): 177-180. https://izlik.org/JA86LU95PA.
JAMA
1.Irmak G, Özkocaman V, Özkalemkaş F, Ersal T, Ali R. Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia-associated Immune Thrombocytopenia Successfully Treated with Rituximab: A Case Report. Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty. 2013;39:177–180.
MLA
Irmak, Gönül, et al. “Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia-Associated Immune Thrombocytopenia Successfully Treated With Rituximab: A Case Report”. Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty, vol. 39, no. 3, Sept. 2013, pp. 177-80, https://izlik.org/JA86LU95PA.
Vancouver
1.Gönül Irmak, Vildan Özkocaman, Fahir Özkalemkaş, Tuba Ersal, Rıdvan Ali. Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia-associated Immune Thrombocytopenia Successfully Treated with Rituximab: A Case Report. Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty [Internet]. 2013 Sep. 1;39(3):177-80. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA86LU95PA

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