REACTIVATION OF TUBERCULOSIS PRESENTING WITH EMPYEMA DUE TO ANTICANCER CHEMOTHERAPY FOR DIFFUSE LARGE B CELL LYMPHOMA

A 79-year-old man with a history of tuberculosis was found to have chronic empyema in the right lung and was diagnosed with malignant diffuse large-cell lymphoma (Ann Arbor stage IIE). After completion of one course of rituximab plus cyclophosphamide, pirarubicin, vincristine, and prednisolone (R-CHOP) chemotherapy, the patient developed lung abscess and sepsis caused by Streptococcus intermedius. This condition was treated with antimicrobial agents, and chemotherapy was resumed. After the second course, the chemotherapy regimen was continued without prednisolone, and after administration of the third course, a chest wall mass was found in the right lung. An acid-fast bacillus smear test of the abscess aspirate was positive, and Mycobacterium tuberculosis was detected in a polymerase chain reaction assay, leading to a diagnosis of perithoracic tuberculosis. Chemotherapy for the lymphoma was discontinued, and treatment with four oral antitubercular agents was started. This treatment led to remission of perithoracic tuberculosis. In Japan, tuberculous scar and chronic empyema are relatively common findings, and relapse of tuberculosis should always be considered for patients with these findings during chemotherapy and immunosuppressive therapy.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2016

Erschienen:

2016

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:91

Enthalten in:

Kekkaku : [Tuberculosis - 91(2016), 4 vom: 12. Apr., Seite 475-9

Sprache:

Japanisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yuba, Tatsuya [VerfasserIn]
Hatsuse, Mayumi [VerfasserIn]
Kodama, Mai [VerfasserIn]
Uda, Sayaka [VerfasserIn]
Yoshimura, Akihiro [VerfasserIn]
Kurisu, Naoko [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

4F4X42SYQ6
5J49Q6B70F
80168379AG
8N3DW7272P
Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived
Antitubercular Agents
Case Reports
Cyclophosphamide
Doxorubicin
Journal Article
Prednisone
R-CHOP protocol
Rituximab
VB0R961HZT
Vincristine

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 13.12.2016

Date Revised 10.12.2019

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM263481891