A Giant Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase Positive Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma: Case Report.

Journal: Clinical Laboratory
Published:
Abstract

Background: Anaplastic lymphoma kinase-positive (ALK+) large cell lymphoma (ALCL) is a systemic lymphoma. The invasion of the head and neck bone and skin by ALK+ ALCL is relatively uncommon in children.

Methods: We describe a 13-year-old boy diagnosed with ALK+ ALCL.

Results: He went a surgery of sampling biopsy procedure. Then the boy was treated with six cycles of adjuvant chemotherapy with Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma-Berlin-Frankfurt-Munster (NHL-BFM)-90 K3 arm. Then, he achieved partial remission (PR).

Conclusions: It is common for children to develop ALCL, which grows rapidly. Therefore, a sampling biopsy procedure and NHL-BFM-90 K3 were necessary for the patient.

Authors
Xi Dai, Jing Ma, Cheng Ming, Yingqin Gao, Fan Lou, Tiesong Zhang, Qingjun He