Treatment for B‐cell‐type lymphoma in a girl associated with Bloom's syndrome

Abstract

Ota S, Miyamoto S, Kudoh F, Horie H, Kinugawa N, Okimoto Y. Treatment for B‐cell‐type lymphoma in a girl associated with Bloom's syndrome. Clin Genet 1992:41:46–50. A 12‐year‐old girl suffering from Bloom's syndrome developed B‐cell‐type lymphoma in the epipharynx. She was identified as having Bloom's syndrome at the age of 3. While the tumor was eradicated completely by induction chemotherapy, the bone marrow suppression was severe and persistent. For this reason, we modified subsequent chemotherapy to a milder form. Thus the remaining therapy could be safely completed. This is the first case clearly diagnosed as having epipharyngeal B‐cell‐type lymphoma in the Bloom's Syndrome Registry.