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Complete remission in a pancytopenic HIV negative, HHV-8 positive patient with multicentric Castleman’s disease induced with anti-CD20

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A 75-year-old woman was diagnosed of MCD plasma cell (PC) variant with B symptoms. Diffuse lymph-node enlargement, splenomegaly and pancytopenia were detected. Induction with Rituximab was made because pancytopenia was present. Actually patient is free of disease. This is the first complet response of MCD published, VIH negative, induced with anti CD20.

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  1. Oncology Department, Hospital General de Elda, Alicante, Spain

    José Manuel Cervera Grau, Gaspar Galiana Esquerdo & Cristina Llorca Ferrándiz

  2. Internal Medicine Department, Hospital General de Elda, Alicante, Spain

    Hugo Briceño Garcia, Manuel Díaz Castellano & Pedro Férriz Moreno

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Cervera Grau, J.M., Esquerdo, G.G., Ferrándiz, C.L. et al. Complete remission in a pancytopenic HIV negative, HHV-8 positive patient with multicentric Castleman’s disease induced with anti-CD20. Clin Transl Oncol 8, 540–541 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12094-006-0056-2

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