학술논문
Continued remission of anaplastic lymphoma kinase-negative anaplastic large cell lymphoma after excision alone in a dialysis patient / 切除のみにて寛解を維持しているALK陰性ALCLを合併した透析患者の1例
Document Type
Journal Article
Author
Source
日本透析医学会雑誌 / Nihon Toseki Igakkai Zasshi. 2011, 44(11):1103
Subject
Language
Japanese
ISSN
1340-3451
1883-082X
1883-082X
Abstract
The patient was a 65-year-old man. At the age of 50 years, hemodialysis was introduced due to chronic renal failure secondary to IgA nephritis, and ever since, he has been on outpatient dialysis. At 63, he developed lymphadenopathy of the left posterior neck. The node was excised and examined. Histopathological examination revealed anaplastic large cell lymphoma(ALCL). Although it was anaplastic lymphoma kinase(ALK) -negative ALCL, which is generally thought to be highly malignant, this patient had no other remarkable lesions; therefore, he was followed up without treatment. There have since been no lesions, and the patient was alive with no recurrence at the 2-year follow-up.