title: Treatment of a patient with chronic renal failure with rituximab for a follicular lymphoma: safe and successful option of rituximab therapy.
abstract: A 47-yr-old woman presented a chronic renal failure for 5 yr, with a creatinine clearance of 12 mL/min. In June 2002, she had a right axillary lymph node (of 4 cm diameter). A biopsy revealed a follicular lymphoma (histology: follicular small cleaved-cell). She had Ann Arbor stage III disease, with a high tumor burden according to the GELF criteria. She received rituximab as single first-line treatment (375 mg/m2 by intravenous infusion for a total of four dosages: days 1, 8, 15 and 22). Rituximab therapy was extremely well tolerated, and we obtained a partial response, 4 wk after completing the treatment. In January 2003, she received one maintenance course of rituximab. Six weeks after maintenance therapy, a complete response was achieved.
authors.affiliation: Centre National de Greffe de Moelle Osseuse, Tunis, Tunisia. aabdelkefi@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abdelkefi
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mellouli
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Béjaoui
mesh_terms: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects; D058846:Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived; D023341:Chills / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007022:Hypotension / Q000209:etiology; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications*; D008224:Lymphoma, Follicular / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009127:Muscle Rigidity / Q000209:etiology; D012074:Remission Induction; D000069283:Rituximab
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D058846:Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived; D000069283:Rituximab