El presente reporte muestra un efecto tóxico inusual asociado al uso de metimazol en el tratamiento del hipertiroidismo. Una niña de 14 años se presentó con fiebre, compromiso general y una tumoración eritematosa en el muslo izquierdo. Dos meses antes había sido diagnosticada de hipertiroidismo e iniciado metimazol a razón de 30 mg/d. El laboratorio mostró: leucocitos en 1 200 /mm3 con 25 % de neutrófilos, hematocrito en 31 % y plaquetas en 350 000/ mm3. Se inició antibióticos y filgastrim y se debridó el abceso. Nueve días después los leucocitos estaban en 9 200 /mm3 con 55 % de neutrófilos. La MO mostró una celularidad baja pero representada en un 80 % por células plasmáticas, muchas de ellas atípicas. En resumen una mujer con enfermedad de Graves estando con metimazol desarrolló una severa agranulocitosis con plasmacitosis medular que simula mieloma múltiple y que mejoró con tratamiento.
Objetivo: Describir la experiencia en nuestro hospital en el tratamiento de anemia aplásica severa con globulina antilinfocítica. Materiales y Metodos: Se estudiaron 58 pacientes con AAS diagnosticados entre 1988-1998 de los cuales 25 recibieron Globulina antilinfocítica (GAL), 56% de ellos eran menores a 20 años de edad,19 de los pacientes tratados con GAL son del sexo masculino . Resultado: Respondieron favorablemente 68%(17pacientes),la mayoría de ellos (64%)alcanzaron esta respuesta durante los primeros 6 meses. Un paciente evolucionó a Hemoglobinuria paroxística nocturna (HPN), efectos adversos fueron leves y de corta duración.
e12041 Background: During the decade 70’ to 90’ incidence of lymphomas in Lima, Peru increased from 3.4 to 7.5 per 100 000 females and from 6 to 8.3 per 100 000 males. We describe epidemiological, clinical and pathologic features of patients with lymphoma diagnosed at the Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia (HNCH), center of reference of Lima north. Methods: Retrospective study of 433 patients with lymphoma diagnosed from 1998 to 2008 at the HNCH. Results: The mean age was 44.8 years (range 1 to 93 years), the ratio was 1.5:1 for male and female respectively, 85.9% were Non Hodgkin Lymphoma (LNH). In Hodgkin diseases’ patients the mean age was 34 years and ratio male: female was 2:1; whereas, in NHL, the average age was 45.9 years and ratio male: female was 1.4:1. The more frequently symptoms were weight loss (40.5%) and lymphadenopathy (36.7%). The 55.08% were clinical stage I-II. The most frequent location was nodal (55.1%). More frequently extra nodal locations were: gastrointestinal (15.2%) and skin (10.8%). In NHL, the immunophenotype B were: B (57.8%), T (19.6%) and not determined ( 22.6%). The most common histological type was large diffuse cells lymphoma (35.8%). T-cell lymphoma adults occurs in 6.9% of cases, follicular in 4.7% and anaplastic in 4.7%.According to RECIST 1,1: 78.12% had remission completed and parcial. In Hodgkin’s disease’s treatment with ABVD was 90.97% of responses complete and parcial. During this period 23.45% of patients reported died Conclusions: Our patients with lymphoma retain the same general characteristics of the worldwide. ATLL had prevalence high relative to others series
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