Successful treatment of acute myeloid leukaemia in a patient with ataxia telangiectasia
2013
Ataxia telangiectasia (AT) is a rare autosomal recessive multisystem disorder characterised by cerebellar degeneration, immunodeficiency and cancer predisposition. Around 10% of AT patients develop lymphoid malignancies, but the development of myeloid leukaemia with AT (AT-AML) is extremely rare, and there have been no previous publications regarding suitable therapies. Here, we first describe a successful therapeutic experience in a patient with AT-AML (FAB-M1) who attained remission after induction therapy and maintained stable disease for a year. To minimise therapy-induced toxicity, low-dose induction was applied first, though this was obviously insufficient and the patient subsequently responded well to dose-intensified short-term chemotherapy. In this report, we suggest a curative therapeutic approach for AT-AML, though the issue of how best to manage patients with cancer complicated by immunodeficiency remains undecided.
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