Acute lymphoblastic leukemia associated with brucellosis in two patients with fever and pancytopenia.
Brucellosis is a disease involving the lymphoproliferative system, which may lead to changes in the hematological parameters; however, pancytopenia is a rare finding. However, malignant diseases in association with brucellosis are rarely the cause of pancytopenia. Herein, two cases with fever and pancytopenia, diagnosed as simultaneous acute lymphoblastic leukemia and brucellosis are presented. Anti-leukemic therapy and brucellosis treatment were administered simultaneously, and normal blood parameters obtained. The first patient is in complete remission; the other recovered from the brucellosis, but later died due to a leukemic relapse.
Eser
Bulent
B
Department of Hematology-Oncology, Dedeman Oncology Hospital, Erciyes University School of Medicine, 38039, Kayseri, Turkey. beser@erciyes.edu.tr
Altuntas
Fevzi
F
Soyuer
Isin
I
Er
Ozlem
O
Canoz
Ozlem
O
Coskun
Hasan Senol
HS
Cetin
Mustafa
M
Unal
Ali
A
D000328:Adult; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever; D006801:Humans; D010198:Pancytopenia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy