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KMID : 0882420090770030362
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Korean Journal of Medicine
2009 Volume.77 No. 3 p.362 ~ p.366
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Small lymphocytic lymphoma that developed in a patient with long-standing cold agglutinin disease
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Kim Jin-Young
Park Woo-Young
Lee Sang-Min
Kim Ju-Youn
Lee Hyung-Ki
Kim Yun-Jung
Kwon Ki-Young
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Abstract
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Cold agglutinin disease (CAD) is an autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) induced by cold antibodies. CAD constitutes
16~32% of AIHA cases and the causative cold autoantibodies are commonly specific against blood group I or i antigens. CAD is closely related to lymphoid neoplasia and infections such as Mycoplasma and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). Primary CAD has a tendency to develop into malignant lymphoma over its course. We experienced a case of small lymphocytic lymphoma during the treatment of primary CAD over 11 years. The patient was a 67-year-old man who complained of a neck mass. Node biopsy revealed diffuse neoplastic proliferation of small monotonous lymphoid cells with polygonal or oval nuclei; these cells were CD20- and CD5-positive. Follow-up chest and neck computed tomography after treatment with chlorambucil and prednisolone showed partial resolution and stable disease status for over 2 years. We report a case of small lymphocytic lymphoma that developed in a patient with long-standing cold agglutinin disease for 11 years and review the literature.
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KEYWORD
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Anemia, Hemolytic, Autoimmune, Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin’s
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