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. 2012 Jan 19;7:7. doi: 10.1186/1746-1596-7-7

Table 1.

Clinicopathological features of patients with AITL-developed secondary EBV-associated B cell lymphoma described in present and previous reports

caseNo. Authors (yr.) Age/sex Tumor site Interval (mo) Histotype of BCL* Treatment Clinical Outcome


AITL BCL AITL BCL
1 Abruzzo LV (1993) [4] 46/M LN SK 26 Large-cell immunoblastic type Cyclophosphamide N/D Died of multiorgan failure
2 Park S (2002) [5] 55/F LN LN 48 BCL CHOP CHOP-R CR and alive 12 mo later
3 Xu Y (2002) [6] 48/F LN LN 0 DLBCL CHOP and ESHAP CR and relapsed a few months later
4 Zettl A (2002) [7] 68/M LN ST 34 DLBCL Observation Glucocorticoids Died 4 mo later of tuberculosis
5 47/M LN LN 29 DLBCL CC; BMT CC; involved field radiation Died 3 mo later of Aspergillus pneumonia
6 61/M LN LN 96 Plasmacytoma N/Av N/Av Alive with disease 24 mo later
7 Hawley RC (2006) [8] 69/F LN SK 56 DLBCL CHOP R-hyperCVAD Died 54 mo later
8 Attygalle AD (2007) [9] 28/M LN BM 24 DLBCL CHOP Gemcitabine No response and died 3 mo later
9 60/F LN LN 8 DLBCL CHOP CHOP-Et No response and died 3 mo later
10 59/M LN LN 8 DLBCL N/Av CC PR and alive with disease 68 mo later
11 72/M LN LN 84 DLBCL N/Av N/Av N/A
12 78/F LN LN 0 DLBCL Thalidomide PR
13 Willenbrock K (2007) [10] 76/F LN LN 8 DLBCL N/Av N/Av N/Av
14 46/F LN BM 5 DLBCL N/Av N/Av N/Av
15 84/M LN LN 0 DLBCL N/Av N/Av N/Av
16 72/M LN LN 0 DLBCL N/Av N/Av N/Av
17 65/M LN LN 0 CD30-positive BCL N/Av N/Av N/Av
18 60/F LN LN 0 DLBCL N/Av N/Av N/Av
19 Weisel KC (2008) [11] 59/M LN DB and lung 11 DLBCL Fudarabine+ CHOP N/D Died 2 weeks later
20 Takahashi T (2010) [12] 66/F LN Ileum 24 DLBCL THPCOP
CHASE
N/D Died 1 mo later of respiratory failure
21 Skugor ND (2010) [13] 36/F LN LN 11 DLBCL FED CHOP-R and stem cell transplantation CR
22 Huang J (2011) [14] 64/M LN LN 47 DLBCL IHOP CHOP-R Alive with disease 13 mo later
23 Present case 65/M LN SK 19 DLBCL CHOP CHOP-R PR

*, all B-cell lymphoma with EBV positive; AITL, angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma; BCL, B-cell lymphoma; DLBCL, diffuse large B-cell lymphoma; LN, lymph node; SK, skin; ST, soft tissue; BM, bone marrow; DB, Duodenal bulbus; Interval 0, AITL with simultaneous B-cell lymphoma or primary B-cell lymphoma in the background of AITL; BMT, bone marrow transplantation; N/Av, not available; N/D, not done; PR, partial response; CR, complete remission; CHOP, cyclophosphamide, vincristine, adriamycin, and prednisone; ESHAP, etoposide, methyl prednisolone, cytarabine (ara-C) and cisplatin; hyperCVAD, cyclophosphamide, vincristine, doxorubicin, and dexamethasone; IHOP, ifosfamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisone; THPCOP, cyclophosphamide, pirarubicin, vincristine, prednisolone; CHASE, cyclophosphamide, cytarabine, etoposide, dexamethasone; FED, fludarabine, cyclophosphamide, dexamethasone; Et, etoposide; R, rituximab; CC, combination chemotherapy, details not available;