This case report demonstrates successful long-term disease-free survival in a child with primary laryngeal lymphosarcoma treated with multi-agent chemotherapy and irradiation.
Suggests possible durable remission with combined therapy in pediatric laryngeal lymphosarcoma; case report leaves open need for prospective validation.
A 4 7/12-year-old Caucasian female with a history of "croup-like symptoms" and persistent airway obstruction, was found to have a primary lymphosarcoma by biopsy at the time of laryngoscopy and bronchoscopy. No metastatic disease was found. After an induction course of vincristine, prednisone and local irradiation, she received CNS prophylaxis with intrathecal methotrexate and cranial irradiation. Maintenance therapy, administered over a 2 3/4 year period, consisted of cyclophosphamide, methotrexate, and 6-mercaptopurine. Excluding the diagnostic evaluation, she was hospitalized only once for the management of suspected sepsis, gastrointestinal ulceration and severe bone marrow depression. Since discontinuing treatment 27 months ago, she has remained free of disease.
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