Early Improvement in Marrow Fibrosis Following Haploidentical Stem Cell Transplantation for a Patient with Myelodysplastic Syndrome with Bone Marrow Fibrosis

Intern Med. 2016;55(22):3351-3356. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.55.6435. Epub 2016 Nov 15.

Abstract

The prognosis for myelodysplastic syndrome with bone marrow fibrosis (MDS-F) is worse than the prognosis of MDS without fibrosis. Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is the only curative therapy; however, the indications and the procedures involved in HSCT remain unclear. We herein describe a 69-year-old Japanese man with MDS-F who received haploidentical HSCT and post-transplantation cyclophosphamide. Although the first HSCT resulted in secondary graft failure, the second HSCT using PTCy led to successful engraftment after early improvement in fibrosis. Since the incidence of graft failure is high in myelofibrosis patients, a secondary HSCT using PTCy may be successful if employed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Cyclophosphamide / therapeutic use
  • Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation*
  • Humans
  • Immunosuppressive Agents / therapeutic use
  • Male
  • Myelodysplastic Syndromes / complications
  • Myelodysplastic Syndromes / diagnosis
  • Myelodysplastic Syndromes / therapy*
  • Primary Myelofibrosis / etiology
  • Primary Myelofibrosis / pathology
  • Primary Myelofibrosis / therapy*

Substances

  • Immunosuppressive Agents
  • Cyclophosphamide