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Query: UMLS:C0018681 (headache)
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28 consecutive patients (age 15-58 years) with refractory acute leukaemia (24 AML, 4 ALL) have been treated with high or intermediate dose cytosine arabinoside (AraC). Twenty patients received AraC at a dose of 3000 mg/m2, twice daily for 6 days (13 patients AraC alone, 7 patients AraC and doxorubicin) and 8 patients received AraC at a dose of 1000 mg/m2, twice daily for 6 days and daunorubicin. 10 of the 20 patients treated with high dose AraC achieved a complete remission (50%) and 2 a partial remission. No patients in the intermediate dose AraC group achieved a remission (p = 0.05). Toxicity of these protocols was acceptable. Vomiting, headache, somnolence, fever, conjunctivitis, and minor cardiac arrhythmias were found most frequently. The pancytopenic period ranged from 16-30 days for the high dose protocol and 14-23 days for the intermediate dose protocol. Sophisticated isolation and blood banking facilities are required in this period. Median duration of remission was 6 months. Results obtained are in favour of the high dose protocol in refractory leukaemia. Only a large dosage increment of AraC can overcome refractoriness of leukaemic blast cells.
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PMID:Experience with intermediate and high dose cytosine arabinoside in refractory acute leukaemia. 635 50

17 patients (age 15-58 years) with refractory acute leukaemia (14 AML, 3 ALL) were treated with high dose cytosine arabinoside (AraC) at a dose of 3000 mg/m2, twice daily for 6 d (13 patients with AraC alone, 4 patients with AraC and doxorubicin). 9 patients achieved complete remission (53%) and 2 a partial remission. Although sophisticated isolation and blood banking facilities are required during the pancytopenic period, the toxicity of this treatment was acceptable. Vomiting, headache, somnolence, fever, conjunctivitis and cardiac arrhythmias were found most frequently. The unexpected pulmonary failure in 3 patients was worrisome. The duration of remissions was from 1 to 12 months. Results obtained with high dose AraC are satisfactory and hold promise for the treatment of patients with previously untreated AML.
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PMID:High dose cytosine arabinoside in the management of refractory acute leukaemia. 695 4

A 24-year-old woman was hospitalized with seizures in 2002. Magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated an intraspinal mass and inhomogeneous gadolinium enhancement along the cerebrospinal meninges. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) cytology showed large atypical cells expressing CD2, cytoplasmic CD3, CD7, CD13 and CD30. The patient was finally diagnosed with primary central nervous system anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL). She completed 5 courses of methotrexate (MTX)/ procarbazine (PCZ)/ vincristine (VCR) (MPV) chemotherapy, followed by 2 courses of high dose cytarabine (AraC) and achieved a complete remission. In 2003, she suffered from headache. CSF analysis showed atypical lymphoid cells expressing CD 30. First CNS relapse was diagnosed. She then underwent autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (auto-PBSCT) after administration of thiotepa, buslfan, and cyclophosphamide. However, second CNS relapse occurred in 2004. She received 5 courses of MPV chemotherapy followed by 36 Gy of craniospinal irradiation. Although there was no recurrence of the CNS disease, a third relapse was detected in the right breast in 2009. Pathological and immunohistochemistry analysis revealed ALK-1 positive ALCL. She was treated with 6 courses of cyclophosphamide/adriamycin/vincristine/predonine (CHOP) chemotherapy and 30.6 Gy of local radiation therapy. She has remained in remission for 6 years, to date, since the last therapy and has an excellent quality of life.
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PMID:[Successful long-term control of recurrent primary central nervous system anaplastic large cell lymphoma after autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation with concurrent whole brain and spinal cord radiotherapy]. 2672 59