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Shock, Septic , Humans , Arterial Pressure , Critical Illness , Intensive Care Units , Liver Cirrhosis/complicationsSubject(s)
Hepatitis, Alcoholic , Hepatorenal Syndrome , Terlipressin , Vasoconstrictor Agents , Humans , Hepatitis, Alcoholic/complications , Hepatitis, Alcoholic/drug therapy , Hepatorenal Syndrome/complications , Hepatorenal Syndrome/drug therapy , Lypressin/adverse effects , Terlipressin/therapeutic use , Treatment Outcome , Vasoconstrictor Agents/therapeutic useABSTRACT
Pre-T cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia is a relatively rare leukemia. Twenty to 30 % of adult B cell leukemia cases are Philadelphia chromosome positive and it has a therapeutic and prognostic significance. Incidence and outcome of Ph+ T cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T cell ALL) is unknown. Only about 25 cases of de novo Ph+ T cell ALL and 44 cases of Ph+ T ALL in blastic phase of CML has been reported. Differentiation between Ph+ Pre-T ALL/LBL and T cell lymphoblastic crises of chronic myeloid leukemia may be difficult. We report a case of adult T cell ALL having Philadelphia chromosome as the cytogenetic abnormality. He was treated with acute lymphoblastic leukemia induction chemotherapy and Imatinib and achieved complete remission.