The aim of this multicenter GIMEMA study was to correlate autoimmune complications (AIC) in B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (B-CLL) with stage and therapy. Autoimmune hemolytic anemia (129/194 cases) and autoimmune thrombocytopenia (35/194 cases) were typically present in advanced and multi-treated disease. Age over the median, stage C and first and second line therapy were identified as in...

Deletions of the derivative chromosome 9 occur in a subset of patients with Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) and are associated with a poor prognosis on standard drug therapy. However, it is currently unknown if the presence of deletions influences the response to imatinib, an Abl-specific tyrosine kinase inhibitor, that has recently shown excellent hematologic an...

The phase III AZA-001 study established that azacitidine significantly improves overall survival compared with conventional care regimens (hazard ratio 0.58 [95% confidence interval 0.43-0.77], P<0.001). This analysis was conducted to investigate the relationship between treatment response and overall survival. AZA-001 data were analyzed in a multivariate Cox regression analysis with response a...

• Enterovirus D68 can infect adult patients with hematologic malignancy and HCT recipients and lead to severe respiratory disease. • Current diagnostic assays for enterovirus D68 are limited, and further studies on improved rapid diagnostic tools are needed. TheUnitedStatesCenters forDiseaseControl andPrevention reportedover 1000casesof severe respiratory disease in pediatric patients associate...

Granulocytic sarcomas are rare tumors composed of neoplastic blood cells, typically occurring during the course of acute nonlymphoblastic leukemia or before its onset. We present a case of a 23-year-old young adult man with metachronous granulocytic sarcoma of the testis without hematologic manifestations who was diagnosed with granulocytic sarcoma (GS). The patient was treated with right orchi...

Neonatal lupus syndrome (NLS) is a rare disease with dermatological, cardiac, hepatic and hematologic involvement due to placental transfer of anti-Ro/ SSA anti-La/ SSB antibodies in infants mothers autoimmune diseases. Multisystemic common infants. Here we present baby neonatal whose mother had Sjögren's syndrome. He presented thrombocytopenia, then convulsion cardiac arrest pericardial tampon...

Objective: As the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic continues, clinical and laboratory predictors of progression to serious lethal types illness are urgently needed. We aimed investigate how well hematologic, biochemical, immunologic biomarkers could distinguish between patients with without severe or fatal COVID-19. Material Methods: This retrospective study was performed in interna...

BACKGROUND Although reduction in the JAK2(V617F) allele burden (%V617F) has been suggested as a criterion for defining disease response to cytoreductive therapy in polycythemia vera, its value as a response monitor is unclear. The purpose of this study is to determine whether a reduction in %V617F in polycythemia vera is a prerequisite to achieving hematologic remission in response to cytoreduc...

BACKGROUND Neutropenic patients are susceptible to any anorectal disease, and symptomatic anorectal disease afflicts 2-32% of oncology patients. Perianal infections are the most feared complication, considering the lack of natural defense against infectious microorganisms. When septic complications develop, the anorectal disease is potentially fatal, especially in neutropenic patients in whom m...