Simultaneous occurrence of large B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma and acute myeloid leukaemia in an elderly patient: complete remissions of both diseases by rituximab-bendamustine regimen combined to hypomethylating therapy.

Massimiliano Palombi,Pasquale Niscola,Andrea Tendas,Malgorzata Monika Trawinska,Laura Scaramucci,Marco Giovannini,Stefano Fratoni,Alessio Perrotti,Paolo de Fabritiis

Simultaneous occurrence of large B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma and acute myeloid leukaemia in an elderly patient: complete remissions of both diseases by rituximab-bendamustine regimen combined to hypomethylating therapy.

2013

Massimiliano Palombi
Pasquale Niscola
Andrea Tendas
Malgorzata Monika Trawinska
Laura Scaramucci
Marco Giovannini
Stefano Fratoni
Alessio Perrotti
Paolo de Fabritiis

The case of an elderly and frail patient affected by simultaneous large B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma and acute myeloid leukaemia is reported. The complete remissions of both diseases by azacitidine and rituximab–bendamustine regimen were achieved.

Keywords:

Lymphoma
Bendamustine
Intensive care medicine
Rituximab
Medicine
Regimen
Oncology
Hypomethylating Therapy
Myeloid
Azacitidine
Internal medicine
B-Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
elderly patient
myeloid leukaemia

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