Coexistent myelodysplastic syndrome and non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Report of a case and review of the literature.
The patients with a hematopoietic neoplasm can develop myelodysplastic syndrome following chemotherapy. We report herein a case of non-Hodgkin B-cell lymphoma and refractory anemia with ringed sideroblasts. Absence of the preceding chemotherapy establishes the true coincidence of the two disorders. We review 25 similar cases reported in the last 11 years and discuss the possible etiology of coexistence.
Uematsu
M
M
Department of Clinical Bio-Regulatory Science, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan.
Ochi
H
H
Ueda
Y
Y
Hakamata
Y
Y
Yokode
M
M
Yoshida
Y
Y
Kita
T
T
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000150:complications*; D009190:Myelodysplastic Syndromes / Q000150:complications*