Successful Treatment of a Very Late Isolated Relapse in an Adolescent With a PICALM-MLLT10 Positive T-lineage Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2018 Apr;40(3):e191-e194. doi: 10.1097/MPH.0000000000000996.

Abstract

T-lineage ALL is an aggressive disease that needs to be treated with intensive treatment schedules. A late relapse rarely occurs and a clear choice for second-line treatment is on debate. We report on a young adult with a very late isolated extramedullary relapse of PICALM-MLLT10 positive T-ALL, successfully treated with a chemotherapy-based and radiotherapy-based pediatric protocol. We demonstrate that relapse can occur in T-ALL although a SR-MRD behavior treated with a high-risk protocol; specific molecular diagnostic aberrations, as PICALM-MLLT10, are still conserved at very late relapse; a second-line treatment based on pediatric protocol can be effective.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Antineoplastic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Chemoradiotherapy / methods*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / genetics
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / pathology
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / therapy*
  • Oncogene Proteins, Fusion / genetics
  • Precursor T-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / genetics
  • Precursor T-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / pathology
  • Precursor T-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / therapy*
  • Radiotherapy / methods

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Oncogene Proteins, Fusion
  • PICALM-MLLT10 fusion protein, human