Two Cases of Hepatosplenic T-Cell Lymphoma in Adolescents Treated for Autoimmune Hepatitis

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Two Cases of Hepatosplenic T-Cell Lymphoma in Adolescents Treated for Autoimmune Hepatitis. / Brinkert, Florian; Arrenberg, Philomena; Krech, Till; Grabhorn, Enke; Lohse, Ansgar; Schramm, Christoph.

In: PEDIATRICS, Vol. 138, No. 3, 09.2016, p. e20154245.

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title = "Two Cases of Hepatosplenic T-Cell Lymphoma in Adolescents Treated for Autoimmune Hepatitis",
abstract = "We report the first 2 cases of hepatosplenic T-cell lymphoma in adolescents diagnosed with autoimmune hepatitis under long-term treatment with azathioprine. Patients presented with fatigue, hepatosplenomegaly, and pancytopenia. The diagnosis could be confirmed performing biopsies of liver and spleen or bone marrow, which demonstrated infiltration of neoplastic T lymphocytes with the typical phenotype with both markers, CD56(+) and TCRγδ(+) Thus, these cases emphasize the need to constantly reevaluate the administered dose and duration of thiopurines for autoimmune hepatitis, especially in adolescents.",
keywords = "Journal Article",
author = "Florian Brinkert and Philomena Arrenberg and Till Krech and Enke Grabhorn and Ansgar Lohse and Christoph Schramm",
note = "Copyright {\textcopyright} 2016 by the American Academy of Pediatrics.",
year = "2016",
month = sep,
doi = "10.1542/peds.2015-4245",
language = "English",
volume = "138",
pages = "e20154245",
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T1 - Two Cases of Hepatosplenic T-Cell Lymphoma in Adolescents Treated for Autoimmune Hepatitis

AU - Brinkert, Florian

AU - Arrenberg, Philomena

AU - Krech, Till

AU - Grabhorn, Enke

AU - Lohse, Ansgar

AU - Schramm, Christoph

N1 - Copyright © 2016 by the American Academy of Pediatrics.

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N2 - We report the first 2 cases of hepatosplenic T-cell lymphoma in adolescents diagnosed with autoimmune hepatitis under long-term treatment with azathioprine. Patients presented with fatigue, hepatosplenomegaly, and pancytopenia. The diagnosis could be confirmed performing biopsies of liver and spleen or bone marrow, which demonstrated infiltration of neoplastic T lymphocytes with the typical phenotype with both markers, CD56(+) and TCRγδ(+) Thus, these cases emphasize the need to constantly reevaluate the administered dose and duration of thiopurines for autoimmune hepatitis, especially in adolescents.

AB - We report the first 2 cases of hepatosplenic T-cell lymphoma in adolescents diagnosed with autoimmune hepatitis under long-term treatment with azathioprine. Patients presented with fatigue, hepatosplenomegaly, and pancytopenia. The diagnosis could be confirmed performing biopsies of liver and spleen or bone marrow, which demonstrated infiltration of neoplastic T lymphocytes with the typical phenotype with both markers, CD56(+) and TCRγδ(+) Thus, these cases emphasize the need to constantly reevaluate the administered dose and duration of thiopurines for autoimmune hepatitis, especially in adolescents.

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DO - 10.1542/peds.2015-4245

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