Huang Wei-Han, Li Ming-Shing, Chu Sung-Chao, Wang Tso-Fu, Kao Ruey-Ho, Wu Yi-Feng
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Division of Clinical Pathology, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan.
Int J Hematol. 2014 Feb;99(2):188-92. doi: 10.1007/s12185-013-1478-6. Epub 2013 Dec 4.
Primary myelofibrosis is a clonal disease of chronic myeloproliferative neoplasm, and is a progressive clinical course with short median survival of less than 5 years after diagnosis. Leukemic transformation occurs in 8-23 % of myelofibrosis patients, and survival is about 3 months after transformation to leukemia. Thalidomide, an oral immunomodulatory drug, has been used effectively in the treatment of primary myelofibrosis, in which some patients could become transfusion independent, and showed improvement in thrombocytopenia and reduction in spleen size. Here, we report a patient with primary myelofibrosis with leukemic transformation who survived for more than 6 years with thalidomide monotherapy. Thalidomide may be beneficial for some myelofibrosis patients with leukemic transformation for whom intensive chemotherapy is not indicated.
原发性骨髓纤维化是一种慢性骨髓增殖性肿瘤的克隆性疾病,临床病程呈进行性,诊断后中位生存期短,不足5年。8%-23%的骨髓纤维化患者会发生白血病转化,转化为白血病后生存期约为3个月。沙利度胺是一种口服免疫调节药物,已有效用于原发性骨髓纤维化的治疗,部分患者可摆脱输血依赖,血小板减少症有所改善,脾脏体积缩小。在此,我们报告1例原发性骨髓纤维化合并白血病转化的患者,接受沙利度胺单药治疗后存活超过6年。对于一些不适合强化化疗的白血病转化骨髓纤维化患者,沙利度胺可能有益。