title: Successful treatment of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in a patient with common variable immunodeficiency.
abstract: A case of common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) who developed non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) of the rectum is reported. A 22-year-old male student in whom CVID was diagnosed at 7 years of age was referred to our department for the treatment of rectal NHL. The patient had stage IE disease confined to the rectum after clinical diagnostic procedures. He was initially treated with radiation therapy alone, but a relapse soon occurred in the paraaortic lymph nodes. He was successfully treated with CHOP-Bleo chemotherapy and supplementation with immunoglobulin preparations. He has since remained free of NHL and infectious complications for over 30 months despite his persistent immunodeficiency.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Medicine, Okayama University Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ohnoshi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tagawa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matsutomo
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kawashima
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kimura
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001761:Bleomycin; D017074:Common Variable Immunodeficiency / Q000150:complications*; D003520:Cyclophosphamide; D004317:Doxorubicin; D006801:Humans; D016393:Lymphoma, B-Cell / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy; D016403:Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D008297:Male; D011241:Prednisone; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D014750:Vincristine
chemical_list: D001761:Bleomycin; D014750:Vincristine; D004317:Doxorubicin; D003520:Cyclophosphamide; D011241:Prednisone