Three cases of renal relapse after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

نویسندگان

  • K Huck
  • H-J Laws
  • R Meisel
  • A Traeger
  • B Bernbeck
  • S Schonberger
  • V A Stackelberg
  • H Pape
  • D Dilloo
چکیده

Isolated renal relapse after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (alloHSCT) in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is a rare condition. Generally, in ALL, the sites most frequently affected by extramedullary relapse are the central nervous system (CNS) and the testicles. Here we report on three young boys with relapsed B-precursor ALL, who underwent alloHSCT from HLA-identical siblings and suffered a histopathologically proven isolated unilateral renal relapse (two patients) or a combined renal and testicular relapse (one patient) 6, 10 and 12 months post alloHSCT. In all patients at the time of relapse bone marrow showed complete remission with complete donor hematopoiesis. They all received total body irradiation with partial shielding of the kidneys as part of their conditioning therapy, such that renal shielding could be an explanation for the observed accumulation of renal relapses. Moreover, during the past few years so called immune privilege has been postulated for frequent relapse sites such as the CNS, the testicles and the anterior chamber of the eye. Impaired accessability of these organs by cytotoxic T-cells (CTLs) with a reduced graft-versus-leukemia (GvL) effect after alloHSCT is based on a number of different molecular and cellular mechanisms. Similar mechanisms have been shown to be effective in the tubulointerstitial space of the kidney, rendering the kidney a potentially immune privileged site. Due to these observations we advocate sufficient treatment of the kidneys during conditioning therapy.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Haematologica

دوره 91 5 Suppl  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2006